Ungulate saliva inhibits a grass-endophyte mutualism

Biology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Vicari, Mark ^b   Bazely, Dawn R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolutionary ecology; Plant defences; Symbioses

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ENDOPHYTE; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GRASS; INHIBITION; MUTUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SALIVA; UNGULATE;

ALKALOID; ERGOTAMINE DERIVATIVE; ERGOVALINE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DEER; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; FESCUE; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; SALIVA; SYMBIOSIS;

ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; DEER; ENDOPHYTES; EPICHLOE; ERGOTAMINES; FESTUCA; HERBIVORY; REINDEER; SALIVA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84906070921     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0460     Document Type: Article

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