Is there reduction in disease and pre-dispersal seed predation at the border of a host plant's range? Field and herbarium studies of Carex blanda

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 446-457

  Alexander, Helen M ^a   Price, Sarah ^a   Houser, Rhonda ^b   Finch, Debra ^a   Tourtellot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b University of Kansas Libraries   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthracoidea blanda; Biogeography; Central marginal model; Ecotone; Host pathogen interactions; Peripheral populations; Pre dispersal seed predator; Puccinia; Rust; Smut

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOTONE; FOREST COVER; FUNGAL DISEASE; HERBARIUM; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NATURAL ENEMY; SEDGE; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

KANSAS; MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANTHRACOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAREX BLANDA; PUCCINIA;

EID: 34247211773     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01228.x     Document Type: Article

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