Heritable variation in the foliar secondary metabolite sideroxylonal in Eucalyptus confers cross-resistance to herbivores

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 891-901

  Andrew, Rose L ^a   Wallis, Ian R ^a   Harwood, Chris E ^b   Henson, Michael ^c   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

^c State Forests of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anoplognathus montanus; Eucalyptus tricarpa; Formylated phloroglucinol compound (FPC); Growth defense trade off; Heritability

Indexed keywords

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHLOROGLUCINOL; SIDEROXYLONAL C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BEETLE; DAMAGE; EVERGREEN TREE; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; NATURAL ENEMY; NATURAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BENZOFURANS; EUCALYPTUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PLANT LEAVES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANOPLOGNATHUS MONTANUS; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TRICARPA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548595217     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0784-1     Document Type: Article

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