Here we analyze herbarium records, surveys, and studies of fungal plant pathogens in tropical natural systems in order to establish a framework to study plant-pathogen interactions from a life-history perspective. We looked at how life-history traits of pathogens and their host plants affect the distribution of pathogens in different tropical habitats, and the importance of host phylogeny in determining the habitat associations of obligate fungal pathogens. Our study reveals that plant-pathogen interactions are prevalent and widespread in the tropics. Phylogenetic analysis of the distribution of obligate pathogens among plant families did not suggest a strong overall pattern of higher-level host phylogeny in pathogen host range, except that smut pathogens are particularly dominant on Poaceae and Asteraceae, and rusts are most common on Fabaceae, families that dominate disturbed areas in the tropics.
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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article
Journal: Ecology
VOLUME: 88
Page Numbers: 589-96
Journal Abbreviation: Ecology
ISSN: 0012-9658
DAY: 21
MONTH: Mar
YEAR: 2007
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KEYWORDS: Tropical Climate
MESH TERMS: microbiology
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AFFILIATION: Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-275, CU, Mexico 04510, DF, Mexico. mggarcia@ecologia.unam.mx
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