Evolutionary ecology of mycorrhizal functional diversity in agricultural systems

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 547-560

  Verbruggen, Erik ^a   Toby Kiers, E ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cooperation; Mutualism; Punishment; Selection pressures

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052482378     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2010.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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