Host generalists dominate fungal communities associated with seeds of four neotropical pioneer species

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 351-354

  Kluger, Courtney G ^a   Dalling, James W ^b   Gallery, Rachel E ^b   Sanchez, Evelyn ^c   Weeks Galindo, Cheyenne ^d   Arnold, A Elizabeth ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d Pima College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Barro Colorado Island; Cecropia; Diversity; Endophytes; Host specificity; Pioneer trees; Seed associated fungi

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GENERALIST; HOST SPECIFICITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PIONEER SPECIES; SEED SET; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BARRO COLORADO ISLAND; CENTRAL AMERICA; GATUN LAKE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ASCOMYCOTA; CECROPIA; FUNGI;

EID: 43649107026     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467408005026     Document Type: Article

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