Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi mediate below-ground plant-herbivore interactions: A phylogenetic study

Functional Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1033-1042

  Vannette, Rachel L ^a   Rasmann, Sergio ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asclepias; Bradysia; Cardenolides; Chemical ecology; Glomus; Phylogenetic ecology; Plant defence; Plant herbivore interaction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTAGONISM; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FITNESS; FLY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARBUSCULAR; ASCLEPIAS; BRADYSIA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; GLOMUS; MYCETOPHILIDAE; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 84866922389     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2012.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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