Genetic control of interactions among individuals: Contrasting outcomes of indirect genetic effects arising from neighbour disease infection and competition in a forest tree

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 631-641

  Costa E Silva, João ^a   Potts, Brad M ^b   Bijma, Piter ^c   Kerr, Richard J ^b   Pilbeam, David J ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Southern Tree Breeding Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Direct and indirect genetic effects; Disease infection; Eucalyptus globulus; Heritable variation; Intraspecific interactions; Response to selection

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISEASE CONTROL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; HERITABILITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ASCOMYCOTA; ECOSYSTEM; EUCALYPTUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; TREES;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 84871267163     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12035     Document Type: Article

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