Endophytic fungi alter relationships between diversity and ecosystem properties

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 42-51

  Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a   Koslow, Jennifer M ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ecosystem functioning; Endophytic fungi; Festuca; Invasibility; Neotyphodium; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; INVASIBILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS;

FESTUCA; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0742302385     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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