Solar ultraviolet-B radiation affects plant-insect interactions in a natural ecosystem of Tierra del Fuego (southern Argentina)

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 528-535

  Rousseaux, M Cecilia ^a   Ballaré, Carlos L ^a   Scopel, Ana L ^a   Searles, Peter S ^b   Caldwell, Martyn M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Gunnera magellanica; Herbivory; Ozone depletion; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ARGENTINA;

GUNNERA MAGELLANICA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0031785607     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050618     Document Type: Article

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