The carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis: Its rise and fall

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 86-95

  Hamilton, J G ^a   Zangerl, A R ^a   DeLucia, E H ^a   Berenbaum, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nutrient balance; CNB; Herbivory; Heritability; Optimal defence; Plant insect interactions; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METABOLITE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT;

EID: 0035124737     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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