Nonsystemic fungal endophytes increase survival but reduce tolerance to simulated herbivory in subarctic Festuca rubra

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Santangelo, James S., Kotanen, Peter M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ecological Society of America 2016
• Subjects: Akimiski Island; Canada geese; Festuca rubra; herbivory; nonsystemic endophytes; plant-fungal interactions; red fescue; snow geese; Canada; Nunavut; Akimiski island; Branta canadensis; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/73998; https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1260

This is the publisher's version of an article published by the Ecological Society of America. Plant–microbial symbioses are widespread in nature and can shape the ecology and evolution of hosts and interacting symbionts. Fungal endophytes—fungi that live asymptomatically within plant tissues—ar...