The presence of generalist plant pathogens might not explain the long-term coexistence of plant species

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 446-453

  van den Berg, Femke ^a   van den Bosch, Frank ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Competition; Frequency dependent predation; Lotka Volterra; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 61449103509     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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