Mycorrhizal fungal-plant-insect interactions: The importance of a community approach

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-102

  Gehring, Catherine ^a   Bennett, Alison ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Ectomycorrhiza; Insect herbivory; Insect pollination

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS; HERBIVORY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MYCORRHIZA; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION;

ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POLLINATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; MYCORRHIZAE; PLANTS; POLLINATION;

ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 61849153324     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/022.038.0111     Document Type: Review

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