Feeny revisited: Condensed tannins as anti-herbivore defences in leaf-chewing herbivore communities of Quercus

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-187

  Forkner, Rebecca E ^a   Marquis, Robert J ^a   Lill, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy; Community ecology; Condensed tannins; Insect plant interactions; Plant chemistry; Polyphenolics; Quercus

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TANNIN; UNDERSTORY;

ACRONICTA; ANIMALIA; ATTELABUS; CURCULIONIDAE; GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NOCTUIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS VELUTINA; VELUTINA;

EID: 1942502188     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2004.0590.x     Document Type: Article

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