Disarmed by domestication? Induced responses to browsing in wild and cultivated olive

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-231

  Massei, Giovanna ^a,b   Hartley, Susan E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestication; Mediterranean; Olive tree; Plant defence strategies; Plant mammal interactions

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DOMESTICATION; GROWTH RATE; INDUCED RESPONSE; PLANT DEFENSE; TRADE-OFF; YIELD;

OLEA EUROPAEA;

EID: 0033982702     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008850     Document Type: Article

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