Variation in the abundance of fungal endophytes in fescue grasses along altitudinal and grazing gradients

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 422-430

  Granath, Gustaf ^a,b   Vicari, Mark ^c   R Bazely, Dawn ^c   P Ball, John ^a   Puentes, Adriana ^b,c   Rakocevic, Tomo ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDE; DEER; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HOST PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FESTUCA; FESTUCA OVINA; FESTUCA RUBRA; POACEAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 34249986638     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2007.05027.x     Document Type: Article

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