Viruses have generally been studied either as disease-causing infectious agents that have a negative impact on the host (most eukaryote-infecting viruses), or as tools for molecular biology (especially bacteria-infecting viruses, or phage). Virus ecology looks at the more complex issues of virus-host-environment interactions. For plant viruses this includes studies of plant virus biodiversity, ...

1 Plant Ecology, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria, 2 Department of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, 3 Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, 4 Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK, ...

Evolutionary changes in plant reproductive traits following habitat fragmentation and their consequences for population fitness Hans Jacquemyn*, Luc De Meester, Eelke Jongejans and Olivier Honnay Laboratory of Plant Ecology, University of Leuven, Arenbergpark 31, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium; Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Leuven, Charles Deberiotstraat 32, B-...

1 Research Group of Plant and Vegetation Ecology, Department of Biology, Universiteit Antwerpen (Campus Drie Eiken), Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium 2 Division Soil and Water Management, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, 3001 Leuven/Heverlee, Belgium 3 Laboratory of Plant and Microbial Ecology, Institute of Plant Biology B22,...

diversity in experimental plant populations Josef F. Stuefer*, Niels P. R. Anten, Hans de Kroon, Janny L. Peters, Annemiek Smit-Tiekstra, Peter J. Vermeulen† and Heinjo J. During Experimental Plant Ecology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Plant Ecology & Biodiversity, Utrecht University, Kruyt-building, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Nether...