Adaptations to biotic and abiotic stress: Macaranga-ant plants optimize investment in biotic defence

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 363, 2001, Pages 2057-2065

  Linsenmair, K Eduard ^a   Heil, Martin ^a,c   Kaiser, Werner M ^a   Fiala, Brigitte ^a   Koch, Thomas ^b   Boland, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Ant plant; Anti herbivore defence; Mutualism; Myrmecophyte; Tropics

Indexed keywords

COSTS; NUTRITION; OPTIMIZATION; PATHOLOGY;

BIOTIC STRESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MACARANGA; MACARANGA TRILOBA;

EID: 0034798438     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/52.363.2057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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