The adaptive value of young leaves being tightly folded or rolled on monocotyledons in tropical lowland rain forest: An hypothesis in two parts

Plant Ecology

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-327

  Grubb, Peter J ^a   Jackson, Robyn V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Leaves; Monocots; Plant defences; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT DEFENSE; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE;

CYCADOPSIDA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FILICOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIIDS;

EID: 34548491593     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9302-0     Document Type: Article

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