Plant secondary metabolites and vertebrate herbivores - From physiological regulation to ecosystem function

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 430-435

  Foley, William J ^a   Moore, Ben D ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; TASTE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS; TASTE; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444441973     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.05.009     Document Type: Review

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