Induced plant responses and information content about risk of herbivory

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 443-447

  Karban, Richard ^a   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Thaler, Jennifer S ^a   Adler, Lynn S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERBIVORY; PLASTICITY;

DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFORMATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0033231779     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01678-X     Document Type: Review

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