Ecology of metal hyperaccumulation

New Phytologist

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 563-567

  Boyd, Robert S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elemental defence; Herbivore defence; Metal hyperaccumulation; Predation; Trophic webs

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542611478     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01079.x     Document Type: Note

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