Tree genotype mediates covariance among communities from microbes to lichens and arthropods

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 840-850

  Lamit, Louis J ^a   Busby, Posy E ^b   Lau, Matthew K ^c   Compson, Zacchaeus G ^d   Wojtowicz, Todd ^d   Keith, Arthur R ^d   Zinkgraf, Matthew S ^e   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^f   Shuster, Stephen M ^d   Gehring, Catherine A ^d   Whitham, Thomas G ^d  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Populus; Common garden; Community assembly theory; Community evolution; Community networks; Community phenotype; Community genetic correlations; Ecological genetics and ecogenomics; Interacting foundation species hypothesis; Physical proximity hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LICHEN; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY;

ARTHROPODA; POPULUS; POPULUS ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 84931446056     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12416     Document Type: Article

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