Inheritance of resistance to mammalian herbivores and of plant defensive chemistry in an Eucalyptus species

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 357-375

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Additive inheritance; Eucalyptus globulus; Generalist herbivore; Hybrid; Hybridization; Plant secondary metabolites; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; EUCALYPTUS; HERBIVORY; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INHERITANCE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TRICHOSURUS;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; MAMMALIA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 18044397589     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-1346-9     Document Type: Article

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