Plant morphology and recruitment of the third trophic level: Subtle and little-recognized defenses?

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 330-334

  Marquis, Robert J ^a   Whelan, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENCE; FITNESS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PUBESCENCE; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0029769547     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546260     Document Type: Review

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