The current and future dynamics of disease in plant communities

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-39

  Burdon, Jeremy J ^a   Thrall, Peter H ^a   Ericson, Lars ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Global change; Invasion; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW;

ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33748928294     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.43.040204.140238     Document Type: Review

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