Soil community feedback and the coexistence of competitors: conceptual frameworks and empirical tests

JD Bever - New phytologist, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
A growing body of empirical work suggests that soil organisms can exert a strong role in
plant community dynamics and may contribute to the coexistence of plant species. Some of …

Evolutionary ecology of plant diseases in natural ecosystems

GS Gilbert - Annual review of phytopathology, 2002‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Plant pathogens cause mortality and reduce fecundity of individual plants, drive
host population dynamics, and affect the structure and composition of natural plant …

Adaptations of plants to burial in coastal sand dunes

MA Maun - Canadian Journal of Botany, 1998‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
One of the most obvious features on the foredunes and strands of coasts and lakes is
recurrent burial in sand. Burial levels vary in different coastal sand dune systems and …

Do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alter plant–pathogen relations?

VA Borowicz - Ecology, 2001‏ - Wiley Online Library
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi colonize roots of terrestrial plants and have been
hypothesized to reduce susceptibility or to improve the vigor of hosts challenged by root …

Plant defense belowground and spatiotemporal processes in natural vegetation

WH Van der Putten - Ecology, 2003‏ - Wiley Online Library
Root herbivores and pathogens play an important role in driving plant abundance, species
diversity, and succession in natural vegetation. Subterranean plant feeders and pathogenic …

[PDF][PDF] Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) as a biofertilizer-a review

B Sadhana - Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci, 2014‏ - researchgate.net
Bio-fertilizers are the organic substances which make use of microorganisms to increase the
fertility of soil. These fertilizers are not harmful to crops or other plants like the chemical …

How soil‐borne pathogens may affect plant competition

WH Van der Putten, BAM Peters - Ecology, 1997‏ - Wiley Online Library
A role for pathogens in plant competition has often been suggested, but examples are rare
and, in the case of soil pathogens, virtually absent. In this paper we examine if and how soil …

Mechanism of control of root‐feeding nematodes by mycorrhizal fungi in the dune grass Ammophila arenaria

E De La Peña, SR Echeverría… - New …, 2006‏ - Wiley Online Library
Root‐feeding herbivores can affect plant performance and the composition of natural plant
communities, but there is little information about the mechanisms that control root herbivores …

[کتاب][B] Ecology of dunes, salt marsh and shingle

JR Packham, AJ Willis - 1997‏ - books.google.com
Life in coastal sand dunes, salt marshes and shingle banks presents a variety of challenges
to their inhabitants. By describing the interactions of coastal organisms with the physical …

Clonal integration helps Psammochloa villosa survive sand burial in an inland dune

F Yu, M Dong, B Krüsi - New Phytologist, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rhizomatous clonal plants frequently colonize and stabilize dunes on sea and lake shores,
and in inland deserts and desertified areas, where sand burial is common. To date, little …