Induced plant defences: From molecular biology to evolutionary ecology

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-14

  Dicke, Marcel ^a   Hilker, Monika ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Community ecology; Direct defence; Indirect defence; Infochemicals; Insect herbivores; Microbial ecology; Parasitoids; Phenotypic plasticity; Predators

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; INSECTA;

EID: 0037237215     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00129     Document Type: Article

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