Growth cost and ontogenetic expression patterns of defence in cyanogenic Eucalyptus spp.

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 757-765

  Goodger, Jason Q D ^a   Gleadow, Roslyn M ^a,b   Woodrow, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost; Cyanogenic glycoside; Eucalyptus; Ontogeny; Plant defence

Indexed keywords

COSTS; NITROGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

NET ASSIMILATION RATE; NITROGEN-BASED CHEMICAL DEFENCE; PLANT DEFENCE;

FORESTRY;

EUCALYPTUS; FOLIAR ANALYSIS; GLYCOSIDES; ONTOGENY; SEEDLINGS;

EUCALYPTUS; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 33751402934     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-006-0090-2     Document Type: Article

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