Endophytic fungus fine-tunes the persistence strategy of its alpine host grass in response to soil resource levels

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 367-376

  Gibert, Anaïs ^a   Magda, Danièle ^a   Hazard, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENDOPHYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; GRASS; HERITABILITY; HOST PLANT; PHENOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SOIL TYPE; VEGETATIVE PROPAGATION;

EPICHLOE; EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; FESTUCA ESKIA; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 84874298646     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.19976.x     Document Type: Article

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