Effects of nutrient variability on the genetic-based resistance of Eucalyptus globulus to a mammalian herbivore and on plant defensive chemistry

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 597-605

  O'Reilly Wapstra, Julianne M ^a   Potts, Brad M ^a   McArthur, Clare ^a,c   Davies, Noel W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental variation; Eucalypt; Plant resistance; Plant secondary compounds; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; MARSUPIAL; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; SEEDLING; TRICHOSURUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; GENOTYPE; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SEEDLING; TRICHOSURUS;

ALOPIAS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MAMMALIA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 13844298313     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1769-y     Document Type: Article

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