Defense tradeoffs in fleshy fruits: Effects of resource variation on growth, reproduction, and fruit secondary chemistry in Solanum carolinense

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Cipollini, Martin L ^a   Paulk, Eric ^a   Mink, Kim ^a   Vaughn, Karen ^a   Fischer, Tiffanny ^a  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense tradeoffs; Frugivory; Growth and reproduction; Nitrogen supplementation; Optimal defense, physiological constraints; Plant secondary metabolites; Ripe fruit chemistry and morphology; Solanum carolinense

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; WATER;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FRUIT; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITROGEN; PATH ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT RIPENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PEST INTERACTION; PLANT REPRODUCTION; SOLANUM; SOLANUM CAROLINENSE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FRUIT; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SOLANUM;

SOLANUM; SOLANUM CAROLINENSE;

EID: 1342322852     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000013179.45661.68     Document Type: Article

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