Connecting plant-microbial interactions above and belowground: A fungal endophyte affects decomposition

Oecologia

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 595-604

  Lemons, Alisha ^a   Clay, Keith ^a   Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collembola; Ecosystem; Lolium; Mutualism; Neotyphodium

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RHIZOSPHERE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; HYPOCREALES; LOLIUM; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; HYPOGASTRURIDAE; ISOTOMIDAE; LOLIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM; NEOTYPHODIUM COENOPHIALUM; POACEAE; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 26444576006     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0163-8     Document Type: Article

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