Broad-scale geographic patterns in the distribution of vertically- transmitted, asexual endophytes in four naturally-occurring grasses in Sweden

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Bazely, Dawn R ^a   Ball, John P ^b   Vicari, Mark ^a   Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Bérenger, Myrtille ^a   Rakocevic, Tomo ^a   Koh, Saewan ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; LANDSCAPE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FESTUCA RUBRA; POA; POA TRIVIALIS; POACEAE; POOIDEAE;

EID: 34249980349     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2007.04985.x     Document Type: Article

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