Plant succession retarded by fungal endophytes of grasses

OMACINI, M; GUNDEL, PE; CHANETON, EJ; GHERSA, CM

Londres, Inglaterra

Congreso; Reunión Annual de la sociedad británica de ecología; 2008

<!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB; mso-fareast-language:ES-AR;} p {mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:ES-AR; mso-fareast-language:ES-AR;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> Exotic grasses associated with fungal endophytes dominate early to mid-successional old-field communities in the Argentine pampas. We evaluated how endophyte infection of Lolium multiflorum influenced early successional trends. Presence of endophyte-infected plants delayed succession by promoting host persistence and by reducing perennial grass species colonization.