Life-history strategies of plant pathogens: Distribution patterns and phylogenetic analysis

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 589-596

  García Guzmán, Graciela ^a   Morales, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Comisión Nacional para el Uso de la Biodiversidad ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Disease distribution; Fungal pathogen; Life histories; Phylogenetic effects

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; HOST RANGE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RUST DISEASE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FUNGUS; GENETICS; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; SYMBIOSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ECOSYSTEM; FUNGI; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ASTERACEAE; FABACEAE; POACEAE; UREDINALES;

EID: 34247151736     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1174     Document Type: Article

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