Soil fungal pathogens and the relationship between plant diversity and productivity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-41

  Maron, John L ^a   Marler, Marilyn ^a   Klironomos, John N ^b   Cleveland, Cory C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity productivity; Native plant diversity; Plant productivity; Soil pathogens

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650042403     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01547.x     Document Type: Article

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