Do metal-rich plants deter herbivores? A field test of the defence hypothesis

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-100

  Noret, Nausicaa ^a,b   Meerts, Pierre ^a   Vanhaelen, Mathieu ^a   Dos Santos, Anabelle ^b   Escarré, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Glucosinolates; Thlaspi caerulescens; Zinc hyperaccumulation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSINOLATE; ZINC;

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GASTROPOD; HEAVY METAL; HYPERACCUMULATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DENSITY; THLASPI;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPODA; GLUCOSINOLATES; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; THLASPI; ZINC;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM]; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRASSICACEAE; GASTROPODA; THLASPI; THLASPI CAERULESCENS;

EID: 34247341694     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0635-5     Document Type: Article

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