Dispersal, density dependence, and population dynamics of a fungal microbe on leaf surfaces

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1513-1524

  Woody, Scott T ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^a   Nordheim, Erik V ^a   Andrews, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureobasidium pullulans; Colonization; Extended Kalman filter; Intraspecific competition; Microbial dynamics; Nonlinear time series analyses; Phylloplane; Phyllosphere; State space model; Terrestrial yeast like fungus

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRUIT; FUNGUS; GROWING SEASON; ORCHARD; POPULATION GROWTH;

AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; FUNGI; LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA;

APPLE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BACTERIAL COUNT; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ECOSYSTEM; MALUS; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34547627112     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-2026     Document Type: Article

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