Pathogens promote plant diversity through a compensatory response

Ecology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-469

  Bradley, Devon J ^a,b   Gilbert, Gregory S ^c   Martiny, Jennifer B H ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica; Compensatory response; Model systems; Plant community composition; Plant pathogen interactions; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPENSATION; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

ALTERNARIA; BIODIVERSITY; FERTILIZERS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SOIL; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA;

EID: 41849149636     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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