Losses of seeds of temperate trees to soil fungi: Effects of habitat and host ecology

Plant Ecology

Volumn 187, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-58

  O'Hanlon Manners, D L ^a   Kotanen, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest gaps; Forest understory; Old fields; Pathogenic fungi; Seed banks

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DISEASE; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SHADE TOLERANCE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ACER; ACER NEGUNDO; ACER SACCHARUM; FUNGI; PINUS STROBUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 33749612568     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9132-5     Document Type: Article

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