Optimal level of chemical defense decreasing with leaf age

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 124-148

  Iwasa, Yoh ^a   Kubo, Takuya ^a   Van Dam, Nicole ^b,c   De Jong, Tom J ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0030265784     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1996.0026     Document Type: Article

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