Consequences of simultaneous interactions of fungal endophytes and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with a shared host grass

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2090-2096

  Larimer, Anna L ^a   Bever, James D ^a   Clay, Keith ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COLONIZATION; ENDOPHYTE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT;

ARBUSCULAR; ELYMUS; ELYMUS HYSTRIX; EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE ELYMI; FUNGI;

EID: 84869865004     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20153.x     Document Type: Article

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