Interspecific variation in susceptibility to fungal pathogens in seeds of 10 tree species in the neotropical genus Cecropia

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-155

  Gallery, Rachel E ^a,d   Moore, David J P ^b   Dalling, James W ^a,c  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Ecuador; Fungi; Panama; Plant defences; Recruitment; Seed bank; Species coexistence; Tannins; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; COEXISTENCE; FOREST SOIL; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; GERMINATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; MOTH; PATHOGENICITY; PIONEER SPECIES; PLANT DEFENSE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SEED BURIAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SURVIVAL; TANNIN;

ECUADOR; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CECROPIA; CECROPIA PELTATA; FUNGI;

EID: 72249114549     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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