The potential contribution of biomechanical properties to anti-herbivore defence in seedlings of six Australian rainforest trees

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-128

  Iddles, Tracey L ^a   Read, Jennifer ^a   Sanson, Gordon D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOMECHANICS; LEAF; PALATABILITY; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CERATOPETALUM; CERATOPETALUM APETALUM; DORYPHORA SASSAFRAS; NOTHOFAGUS MOOREI; SASSAFRAS; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 0037236722     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT02060     Document Type: Article

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