Fungal plant endosymbionts alter life history and reproductive success of aphid predators

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1591, 2006, Pages 1301-1306

  De Sassi, Claudio ^a   Müller, Christine B ^a   Krauss, Jochen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endophytic fungi; Fecundity; Micro organisms; Multi trophic interactions; Predator prey

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ALKALOID; APHID; ENDOSYMBIONT; FECUNDITY; FUNGUS; GRASS; LIFE HISTORY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SYMBIOSIS; TOXIN;

APHID; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FEEDING; FERTILITY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; NONHUMAN; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYMBIOSIS; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; BEETLE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LOLIUM; LONGEVITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

APHIDIDAE; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLIDAE; FUNGI; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; BODY SIZE; FERTILITY; FOOD CHAIN; HYPOCREALES; LARVA; LOLIUM; LONGEVITY; MYCOTOXINS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 33745051912     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3442     Document Type: Article

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