Genetic variation changes the interactions between the parasitic plant-ecosystem engineer Rhinanthus and its hosts

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1569, 2011, Pages 1380-1388

  Rowntree, Jennifer K ^a,c   Cameron, Duncan D ^b   Preziosi, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Community genetics; Ecosystem engineer; Genetic variation; Host parasite interactions; Rhinanthus

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GRASSLAND; HERB; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC PLANT; SEED SET; TOLERANCE; VIRULENCE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; RHINANTHUS; RHINANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS; RHINANTHUS MINOR;

EID: 79953759117     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0320     Document Type: Article

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