Within-plant variation in seaweed palatability and chemical defenses: Optimal defense theory versus the growth-differentiation balance hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-368

  Cronin, Greg ^a,b   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defenses; Dictyota; Growth differentiation balance hypothesis; Plant herbivore interactions; Within plant variation

Indexed keywords

DICTYOTA CILIOLATA; AMPITHOE LONGIMANA; ARBACIA PUNCTULATA;

BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; CHEMICAL DEFENSES; HERBIVORES; HERBIVORY; PALATABILITY; WITHIN-PLANT VARIATION;

EID: 0029669046     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328739     Document Type: Article

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