No plant functional diversity effects on foliar fungal pathogens in experimental tree communities

Fungal Diversity

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 139-151

  Hantsch, Lydia ^a   Braun, Uwe ^a   Haase, Josephine ^b,d   Purschke, Oliver ^a,c   Scherer Lorenzen, Michael ^d   Bruelheide, Helge ^a,c  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning; BIOTREE experiment; Host defence traits; Phylogenetic pattern; Polyphenolics; Tree species identity effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902676718     PISSN: 15602745     EISSN: 18789129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13225-013-0273-2     Document Type: Article

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