The growth-defense trade-off and habitat specialization by plants in Amazonian forests

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 7 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Fine, Paul V A ^a,b,c   Miller, Zachariah J ^c   Mesones, Italo ^d   Irazuzta, Sebastian ^e   Appel, Heidi M ^f   Stevens, M Henry H ^g   Sääksjärvi, Ilari ^h   Schultz, Jack C ^f   Coley, Phyllis D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amazon; Ecological gradient; Growth defense trade off; Habitat specialization; Herbivory; Phenolics; Phylogenetic control; Rainforest; Reciprocal transplant experiment; Terpenes; Tropical trees

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT DEFENSE; PROBABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRADE-OFF; TROPICAL FOREST;

IQUITOS; LORETO; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749849401     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[150:tgtahs]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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