Resource availability and the abundance of an n-based defense in Australian tropical rain forests

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1503-1509

  Miller, Rebecca E ^a,b   Woodrow, Ian E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Chemical defense; Cyanogenesis; Cyanogenic glycoside; Herbivory; Nitrogen; Resource allocation; Secondary metabolite; Soil nutrient; Tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HERBIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE; RAINFOREST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

CYANOGENIC GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSIDE; NITROGEN; PLANT LECTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLYCOSIDES; NITROGEN; PLANT LECTINS; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 54549087781     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0335.1     Document Type: Article

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