Herbivory and plant defenses in tropical forests

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 27, Issue , 1996, Pages 305-335

  Coley, P D ^a   Barone, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

herbivory; leaf phenology; pathogens; plant defenses; tree diversity; tropical forests

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

HERBIVORY; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT DEFENCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 0030302583     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.27.1.305     Document Type: Article

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