Responses of Pancratium sickenbergeri to simulated bulb herbivory: Combining defence and tolerance strategies

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 472-479

  Ruiz, Natalia ^a,b   Ward, David ^a,c   Saltz, David ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Calcium oxalate; Geophytes; Plant defences

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GEOPHYTE; HERBIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGROWTH; TRADE-OFF;

ISRAEL;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; ANIMALIA; GAZELLA; GAZELLA DORCAS; PANCRATIUM;

EID: 0036277467     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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