Fungal endophytes protect grass seedlings against herbivory and allow economical seed production

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 769-777

  Czarnoleski, Marcin ^a   Olejniczak, Paweł ^b   Mikołajczak, Paulina ^c   Lembicz, Marlena ^c   Kozłowski, Jan ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fungal endophytes; Herbivory; Life history; Resource allocation; Seed mass; Seed quality; Seedlings; Snails

Indexed keywords

CEPAEA NEMORALIS; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE TYPHINA; FUNGI; GASTROPODA; POACEAE; PUCCINELLIA DISTANS;

EID: 79251486690     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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