Plant traits and taxonomy drive host associations in tropical Phyllosphere fungal communities1

Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 303-311

  Kembel, Steven W ^a   Mueller, Rebecca C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Fungi; Host associations; Phyllosphere; Plant microbe interactions; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNGUS; HOST PLANT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHYLLOSPHERE; RAINFOREST; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL REGION;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84898714230     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2013-0194     Document Type: Article

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