To grow and defend: Lack of tradeoffs for brown algal phlorotannins

Oikos

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 406-408

  Arnold, T M ^a   Targett, N M ^b  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EVOLUTION; GROWTH; PLANT DEFENSE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TANNIN; TRADE-OFF;

ALGAE; EUKARYOTA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0037648761     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11680.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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