Evolutionary ecology of pungency in wild chilies

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 33, 2008, Pages 11808-11811

  Tewksbury, Joshua J ^a   Reagan, Karen M ^a   Machnicki, Noelle J ^a   Carlo, Tomás A ^a   Haak, David C ^a   Peñaloza, Alejandra Lorena Calderón ^b   Levey, Douglas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b El Vallecito   (Bolivia)

^c University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsicum chacoense; Directed deterrence; Frugivory; Fruit chemistry; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

CAPSAICIN DERIVATIVE; CAPSAICINOID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUSARIUM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT ECOLOGY; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

BOLIVIA; CAPSICUM; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FRUIT; FUSARIUM; MYCOSES; PLANT DISEASES; SEEDS;

ANIMALIA; CAPSICUM CHACOENSE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; HEXAPODA;

EID: 50149090425     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802691105     Document Type: Article

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