Temporal variability of phenolics and batatasin-III in Empetrum hermaphroditum leaves over an eight-year period: Interpretations of ecological function

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-16

  Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^a   Gallet, Christiane ^b   Wallstedt, Anna ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATATASIN-III; CHEMICAL DEFENCE; PHENOLIC; PHYTOTOXICITY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SWEDEN;

EMPETRACEAE; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM;

EID: 0031913985     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546462     Document Type: Article

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