Ontogeny and environment as determinants of the secondary chemistry of three species of white birch

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2243-2262

  Laitinen, Jaana ^a   Julkunen Tiitto, Riitta ^a   Rousi, Matti ^b   Heinonen, Jaakko ^b   Tahvanainen, Jorma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

B. platyphylla; B. resinifera; Betula pendula; Birch; Fertilization; Field vole; Mountain hare; Ontogeny; Phenolic compounds; Terpenoids

Indexed keywords

BUTANEDIOL; GLUCOSIDE; LIGNAN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SECOISOLARICIRESINOL; TERPENE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; ONTOGENY;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

BETULA; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; ENVIRONMENT; FERTILIZATION; GLUCOSIDES; LIGNANS; PHENOLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERPENES; TIME FACTORS;

BETULA; BETULA NEOALASKANA; BETULA PENDULA; LEPUS TIMIDUS; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE;

EID: 26244468788     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-005-7100-5     Document Type: Article

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