Secondary plant compounds in seedling and mature aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 299-308

  Erwin, Eleanor A ^a   Turner, Monica G ^a   Lindroth, Richard L ^a   Romme, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HERBIVORY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0035006521     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2001)145[0299:SPCISA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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