Ontogenetic and temporal trajectories of chemical defence in a cyanogenic eucalypt

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 799-808

  Goodger, Jason Q D ^a   Choo, Thereis Y S ^a   Woodrow, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanide; Cyanogenesis; Leaf mass per unit leaf area (LMA); Ontogeny; Prunasin

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; NITRILE; NITROGEN; PRUNASINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CYANIDE; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN TREE; HERBIVORE; LEAF AREA; ONTOGENY; TRAJECTORY;

ARTICLE; EUCALYPTUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

CYANIDES; EUCALYPTUS; NITRILES; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS YARRAENSIS;

EID: 34548561551     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0787-y     Document Type: Article

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