Foliar concentration of a single toxin creates-habitat patchiness for a marsupial folivore

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1327-1338

  Lawler, Ivan R ^a,b   Foley, William J ^a   Eschler, Bart M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condensed tannin; Eucalyptus; Habitat patchiness; Herbivory; Intraspecific variation; Phenolic; Pseudocheirus peregrinus; Ringtail possum; Sideroxylonal; Terpene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MARSUPIAL; PATCHINESS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

EUCALYPTUS POLYANTHEMOS; EUCALYPTUS SIDEROXYLON; PSEUDOCHEIRUS PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0033923263     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1327:FCOAST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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