Herbivory mediates grass-endophyte relationships

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2752-2757

  Koh, Saewan ^a   Hik, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endophytic fungi; Festuca altaica; Herbivory; Mutualism; Neotyphodium; Optimal defense theory; Subarctic; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNGUS; GRASS; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; TUNDRA;

FESTUCA ALTAICA; FUNGI; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FESCUE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FESTUCA; FOOD CHAIN; HYPOCREALES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 38449114157     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1958.1     Document Type: Article

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