Genetically based susceptibility to herbivory influences the ectomycorrhizal fungal communities of a foundation tree species

New Phytologist

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 657-667

  Sthultz, Christopher M ^a,b   Whitham, Thomas G ^a   Kennedy, Karla ^a   Deckert, Ron ^a   Gehring, Catherine A ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Community composition; Community genetics; Drought; Ectomycorrhiza; Herbivory; Insect resistance; Pinus edulis

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DROUGHT; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; INSECT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOTH; MYCORRHIZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, FUNGAL; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHS; MYCORRHIZAE; PINUS; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA; PINUS EDULIS;

EID: 70350133682     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03016.x     Document Type: Article

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