Photoinhibition: A link between effects of the environment on eucalypt leaf chemistry and herbivory

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2952-2966

  Close, Dugald ^a   McArthur, Clare ^a,b   Paterson, Stephen ^a   Fitzgerald, Hugh ^a   Walsh, Andrew ^c   Kincade, Tamara ^c  

^a Coop Res Ctr Sustainable Prod F ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon:nutrient balance hypothesis; Eucalypt leaf chemistry; Herbivory; Hydrolzable tannins; Photoinhibition hypothesis; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; PHALANGERIDAE; THYLOGALE; THYLOGALE BILLARDIERII; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 1342309496     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0531     Document Type: Article

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