Are tropical plants better defended? palatability and defenses of temperate vs. tropical seaweeds

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2269-2286

  Bolser, Robin C ^a   Hay, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Arbacia; Chemical defenses; Dictyota; Geographic patterns; Plant herbivore interactions; Sea urchin; Seaweeds; Temperate vs. Tropical

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIROA; ARBACIA; ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; CHLOROPHYTA; DICTYOPTERIS; DICTYOTA; DICTYOTA MENSTRUALIS; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; PADINA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; RHODOPHYTA; SARGASSUM; UDOTEA; LOBOPHORA;

CHEMICAL DEFENCE; CHEMICAL DEFENCES; HERBIVORY; MACROALGAE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL/TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENTS;

BAHAMAS; USA, NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0030404792     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265730     Document Type: Article

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