Can plant-microbe-insect interactions enhance or inhibit the spread of invasive species?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 661-671

  Bennett, Alison E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Endosymbionts; Entomopathogens; Herbivores; Invasive species; Mycorrhizal fungi; Novel interactions; Pathogens; Plant microbe insect interactions; Vectors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; ENDOSYMBIONT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FACILITATION; FUNGUS; HERBIVORE; INHIBITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCORRHIZA; PATHOGEN; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84878181648     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12099     Document Type: Review

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