Do carbon-based defences reduce foliar damage? Habitat-related effects on tree seedling performance in a temperate rainforest of Chiloé Island, Chile

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-565

  Chacón, Paulina ^a   Armesto, Juan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Carbon based secondary compounds (CBSCs); Herbivory index (HI); Relative growth rate (RGR); Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INSECTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; RAIN;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HABITAT RELATED BEHAVIOR; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEEDLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILE; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PROTEACEAE; PSEUDOWINTERA; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CHILE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; INSECTS; PHENOLS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, EDIBLE; PROTEACEAE; PSEUDOWINTERA; RAIN; SEEDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CHILE; CHILOE ISLAND; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA;

DRIMYS; DRIMYS WINTERI; GEVUINA AVELLANA; INSECTA; PROTEACEAE; WINTERACEAE;

EID: 29144536597     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0244-8     Document Type: Article

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