caa a22 4500 477076114 CHVBK 20180405111439.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02515727 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02515727 Clay Keith Department of Biology, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, Indiana, USA aut Interactions among fungal endophytes, grasses and herbivores [Elektronische Daten] [Keith Clay] The interaction between two species often depends on the presence or absence of a third species. One widespread three-species interaction involves fungal endophytes infecting grasses and the herbivores that feed upon them. The endophytes are allied with the fungal family Clavicipitaceae and grow systemically in intercellular spaces in above-ground plant tissues including seeds. Like relatedClaviceps species, the endophytes produce a variety of alkaloids that make the host plants toxic or distasteful to herbivores. A large number of grass species are infected, especially cool-season grasses in temperate areas. Field and laboratory studies have shown that herbivores avoid infected plants in choice trials and suffer increased mortality and decreased growth on infected grasses in feeding experiments. Resistance to herbivores may provide a selective advantage to infected plants in competitive interactions with noninfected plants. Recent studies have shown that differential herbivory can reverse competitive hierarchies among plant species. Both endophyte-infected and noninfected tall fescue grass (Festuca arundinacea) are outcompeted by orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata) in the absence of insect herbivory. However, when herbivores are present infected tall fescue outcompetes orchardgrass. These results suggest that the frequency of infection in grass species and grassland communities will increase over time. Several studies are reviewed illustrating increases in infection frequency within grass populations subject to herbivore pressure. Endophytic fungi may be important regulators of plant-herbivore interactions and so indirectly affect the structure and dynamics of plant communities. Society of Population Ecology, 1996 defense nationallicence endophyte nationallicence grass nationallicence herbivory nationallicence symbiosis nationallicence Researches on Population Ecology Springer-Verlag 38/2(1996-12-01), 191-201 0034-5466 38:2<191 1996 38 10144 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02515727 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02515727 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Clay Keith Department of Biology, Indiana University, 47405, Bloomington, Indiana, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Researches on Population Ecology Springer-Verlag 38/2(1996-12-01), 191-201 0034-5466 38:2<191 1996 38 10144 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer