Leaf variegation is associated with reduced herbivore damage in Hydrophyllum virginianum

Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Campitelli, Brandon E ^a   Stehlik, Ivana ^a   Stinchcombe, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Optimal defense theory; Plant defence; Variegation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

HERBIVORY; OPTIMAL DEFENSE THEORY; PLANT DEFENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTATION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CHLOROPHYLL; ECOMORPHOLOGY; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAF MORPHOLOGY;

HYDROPHYLLUM VIRGINIANUM;

EID: 41149085199     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B07-139     Document Type: Article

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