Spatial and temporal pattern of a pollinator-transmitted pathogen in a long-lived perennial, Silene acaulis

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-352

  Marr, Deborah L ^a   Delph, Lynda F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caryophyllaceae; Microbotryum violaceum; Plant fungus interactions; Silene acaulis; Spatial autocorrelation; Ustilago violacea

Indexed keywords

ACAULIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARYOPHYLLACEAE; FUNGI; MICROBOTRYUM VIOLACEUM; SILENE ACAULIS; USTILAGO;

EID: 17444382023     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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