Contrasting mechanisms of secondary metabolite accumulation during leaf development in two tropical tree species with different leaf expansion strategies

Oecologia

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-100

  Brenes Arguedas, Tania ^a,c   Horton, Matthew W ^a,b   Coley, Phyllis D ^a   Lokvam, John ^a   Waddell, Rachel A ^a   Meizoso O'Meara, Beatrice E ^a   Kursar, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed tannins; Growth differentiation hypothesis; Inga; Optimal defense; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID;

ACCUMULATION; LEAF; METABOLITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT EXTRACT; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEGUME; METABOLISM; MOTH; PANAMA; PLANT LEAF; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY TESTING; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FABACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; MOTHS; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

FABACEAE; INGA; INGA UMBELLIFERA; MIMOSOIDEAE;

EID: 33748527799     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0423-2     Document Type: Article

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