Soil pathogen communities associated with native and non-native Phragmites australis populations in freshwater wetlands

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5254-5267

  Nelson, Eric B ^a   Karp, Mary Ann ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Oomycetes; Plant invasions; Plant soil feedbacks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890868667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.900     Document Type: Article

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