Searching for evidence against the mutualistic nature of hereditary symbioses: A comment on faeth

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-103

  Rudgers, Jennifer A ^a   Davitt, Andrew J ^a   Clay, Keith ^b   Gundel, Pedro E ^c   Omacini, Marina ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Epichh ; Grassl; Herbivory; Neotyphodium; Ontogenetic shift; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ENDOPHYTE; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; ONTOGENY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOTYPHODIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS;

EVOLUTION; GENETIC FITNESS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; NEOTYPHODIUM; POACEAE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

NEOTYPHODIUM;

EID: 77953796494     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652996     Document Type: Article

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