Do foliar endophytes affect grass litter decomposition? A microcosm approach using Lolium multiflorum

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 581-590

  Omacini, Marina ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a   Ghersa, Claudio M ^a   Otero, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; HERBIVORY; LITTER; SYMBIOSIS;

BROMUS; BROMUS CATHARTICUS; FUNGI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE;

EID: 1542349175     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12915.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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