Linking plant genotype, plant defensive chemistry and mammal browsing in a Eucalyptus species

Functional Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 677-684

  O'Reilly Wapstra, J M ^a   McArthur, C ^a,b   Potts, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalypt; Genetic variation; Mammalian herbivory; Plant defence; Plant secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 5344251050     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-8463.2004.00887.x     Document Type: Article

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