Effects of fungal seed pathogens under conspecific and heterospecific trees in a temperate forest

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 918-925

  Kotanen, Peter M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Fungi; Pathogens; Seed bank; Seeds; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; FORESTRY; FUNGI; SEED;

FUNGAL ENEMIES; SEED BANK;

PATHOGENS;

CHEMICAL CONTROL; CONIFEROUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; SEED; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ACER SACCHARUM; FUNGI; PATHOGENS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CONIUM; FUNGI; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 39649097206     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-088     Document Type: Article

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