Optimal defensive investments in plants

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 299-302

  Loehle, Craig ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; QUANTITATIVE DEFENCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

PINUS;

EID: 0029753693     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546253     Document Type: Article

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