The ecosystem and evolutionary contexts of allelopathy

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 655-662

  Inderjit, ^a   Wardle, David A ^b   Karban, Richard ^c   Callaway, Ragan M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ALLELOPATHY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CHELATION; DECOMPOSITION; GROWTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT; PLANT DEFENSE; SOIL FERTILITY;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; PHEROMONES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 81055140392     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.08.003     Document Type: Review

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