Mechanical defences to herbivory

Annals of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 913-920

  Lucas, Peter W ^a   Turner, Ian M ^b   Dominy, Nathaniel J ^a   Yamashita, Nayuta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Hardness; Herbivory; Mechanical defence; Plastic buckling; Review; Silica; Toughness

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL DEFENSE;

EID: 0033758936     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.2000.1261     Document Type: Review

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