Interannual variation and host affiliations of endophytic fungi associated with ferns at La Selva, Costa Rica

Mycologia

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-21

  Del Olmo Ruiz, Mariana ^a   Arnold, A Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascomycota; Diversity; Fungal endophytes; Host affiliation; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENDOPHYTE; FERN; FUNGUS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA; HEREDIA; LA SELVA;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; DIVERSITY; ENDOPHYTE; FERN; FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES; GENETICS; HOST AFFILIATION; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ASCOMYCOTA; DIVERSITY; FUNGAL ENDOPHYTES; HOST AFFILIATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

ASCOMYCOTA; BIODIVERSITY; COSTA RICA; ENDOPHYTES; FERNS; HOST SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84898539587     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/13-098     Document Type: Article

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