Diversity of structure and antiherbivore activity in condensed tannins

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1696-1712

  Ayres, Matthew P ^a   Clausen, Thomas P ^b   MacLean Jr , Stephen F ^b   Redman, Ahnya M ^c   Relchardt, Paul B ^b  

^a Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannin; Detoxification; Herbivory; Insect growth; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

ANTI-HERBIVORE DEFENCE; CONDENSED TANNIN; HERBIVORY; INSECT GROWTH; SECONDARY COMPOUND;

EID: 0030613579     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1696:DOSAAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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