Acorn defenses to herbivory from insects: Implications for the joint evolution of resistance, tolerance and escape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 238, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 302-308

  Xiao, Zhishu ^a   Harris, Marvin K ^b   Zhang, Zhibin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination schedule; Oak species; Seed mass; Seed predation by insects

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SEED; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

GERMINATION SCHEDULES; INSECT SEED PREDATION; SEED MASSES; SEED PREDATION;

FORESTRY;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FRUIT; GERMINATION; HERBIVORY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TANNIN;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; GERMINATION; INSECTS; QUERCUS; SEEDS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; QUERCUS GLAUCA; QUERCUS VARIABILIS;

EID: 33845982977     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.10.024     Document Type: Article

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