Effects of a belowground mutualism on an aboveground mutualism

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 218-223

  Wolfe, Benjamin E ^a   Husband, Brian C ^a   Klironomos, John N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi; Multitrophic interactions; Mutualism; Pollination

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; INSECT; MUTUALISM; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION;

CHAMERION; CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; FUNGI; INSECTA;

EID: 13544270104     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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