Edge effects, not connectivity, determine the incidence and development of a foliar fungal plant disease

Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1551-1558

  Johnson, Brenda L ^a   Haddad, Nick M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochliobolus heterostrophus; Connectivity; Conservation; Corridors; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Pathogen dispersal; Plant disease; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPERSAL; EDGE EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOST PLANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAIZE; PATCH SIZE; PATHOGEN; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MAIZE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; ZEA MAYS;

SAVANNAH RIVER SITE; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79961075753     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1072.1     Document Type: Article

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