Herbivore and fungal pathogen exclusion affects the seed production of four common grassland species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Dickson, Timothy L ^a   Mitchell, Charles E ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FENVALERATE; FUNGICIDE; INSECTICIDE; MANCOZEB;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ARTICLE; CAREX SICCATA; CONTARINIA WATTSI; FLOWER; HERBIVORE; INSECT; INSECT HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT SEED; POA; POA PRATENSIS; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM; SEASON; SEED PRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; CAREX SICCATA; CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CONTARINIA WATTSI; HEXAPODA; POA PRATENSIS; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; INSECTICIDES; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957807623     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012022     Document Type: Article

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