Mycorrhiza modulates aboveground tri-trophic interactions to the fitness benefit of its host plant

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 574-581

  Hoffmann, Daniela ^a   Vierheilig, Horst ^a,b   Peneder, Stefan ^a   Schausberger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bean; Mycorrhiza; Predatory mites; Spider mites

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; CARNIVORE; FITNESS; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; LEGUME; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; ROOT COLONIZATION; SYMBIOSIS; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACARI; ANTHIAS; ARANEAE; ARBUSCULAR; FUNGI; GLOMUS MOSSEAE; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PHYTOSEIULUS PERSIMILIS; TETRANYCHIDAE; TETRANYCHUS URTICAE;

EID: 80052840289     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01298.x     Document Type: Article

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