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Spatial variation in soil biota mediates plant adaptation to a foliar pathogen.
The New phytologist - 1 Apr 2017
Mursinoff Sini, Tack Ayco J M
Abstract excerpt
Theory suggests that below-ground spatial heterogeneity may mediate host-parasite evolutionary dynamics and patterns of local adaptation, but this has rarely been tested in natural systems. Here, we test experimentally for the impact of spatial variation in the abiotic and biotic soil environment on the evolutionary outcome of the interaction between the host plant Plantago lanceolata and its specialist foliar...
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