Eco-evolutionary dynamics in plant–soil feedbacks

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1062-1072

  terHorst, Casey P ^a   Zee, Peter C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community ecology; competition; eco evo feedback; genetic variation; mycorrhizae; natural selection; rhizobia; soil microbes; succession

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENERATION TIME; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MYCORRHIZA; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION;

EID: 84971449293     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12671     Document Type: Article

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