Impacts of the invasive fungus Austropuccinia psidii (myrtle rust) on three Australian Myrtaceae species of coastal swamp woodland

Austral Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 56-68

  Fernandez Winzer, Laura ^a,b   Carnegie, Angus J ^b,c   Pegg, Geoff S ^b,d,e   Leishman, Michelle R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PLANT BIOSECURITY COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian native communities; exotic fungus; forest fungi; invasive pathogen; Myrtaceae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FUNGUS; GROWTH; INVASIVE SPECIES; PATHOGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; VEGETATION COVER; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOUTH AMERICA;

BAECKEA LINIFOLIA; FUNGI; LEPTOSPERMUM LAEVIGATUM; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 85041059996     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aec.12534     Document Type: Article

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