Metal hyperaccumulation in plants: Mechanisms of defence against insect herbivores

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-66

  Behmer, S T ^a   Lloyd, C M ^a   Raubenheimer, D ^a,b   Stewart Clark, J ^a   Knight, J ^a   Leighton, R S ^a   Harper, F A ^a   Smith, J A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Insect plant interactions; Schistocerca gregaria; Thlaspi caerulescens; Zinc hyperaccumulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HYPERACCUMULATION; METAL;

INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 16844376254     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2005.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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