Occam's Razor cuts both ways: Endophytes, resource allocation, herbivory, and mutualism: A reply to rudgers et al

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 104-110

  Faeth, Stanley H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophytes; Herbivory; Mutualism; Neotyphodium; Resource allocation; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; FITNESS; FUNGUS; GRASS; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MUTUALISM; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

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: 77953805603     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652997     Document Type: Article

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