A fungal endosymbiont affects host plant recruitment through seed- and litter-mediated mechanisms

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1148-1156

  Omacini, Marina ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a   Bush, Lowell ^b   Ghersa, Claudio M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

After life effects; Endophyte; Herbivory; Litter; Lolium multiflorum; Seedling emergence; Symbiotic interactions

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ENDOPHYTE; ENDOSYMBIONT; FUNGUS; GRASS; HOST PLANT; LEAF LITTER; MICROCOSM; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOCHORY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ATTA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; NEOTYPHODIUM OCCULTANS;

EID: 70449356592     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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