Spatial distribution of defense chemicals and markers and the maintenance of chemical variation

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 716-728

  Andrew, Rose L ^a   Peakall, Rod ^a   Wallis, Ian R ^a   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

1,8 Cineole; Common brushtail possum; Eucalyptus melliodora; Genetic variation; Herbivory; Phenotypic variation; Polyethylene glycol (PEG) binding capacity; Sideroxylonal; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial heterogeneity; Trichosurus vulpecula

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; NITROGEN; TERPENE;

AUTOCORRELATION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; MARSUPIAL; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY; BENZOFURANS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DEMOGRAPHY; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE FLOW; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONOTERPENES; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TRICHOSURUS;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS MELLIODORA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 34247177653     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-1858     Document Type: Article

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