Defense on the rocks: Low monoterpenoid levels in plants on pillars without mammalian herbivores

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1377-1381

  Müller Schwarze, Dietland ^a   Thoss, Vera ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acinos suaveolens; Greece; Herbivores; Mediterranean; Menthone; Monoterpenes; Plant defense; R (+) pulegone; Thyme basil

Indexed keywords

MENTHOL; MENTHONE; PULEGONE; TERPENE;

BROWSING; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOTERPENE; PHYTOTOXICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAMMAL; PLANT LEAF; THYME;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MAMMALS; MENTHOL; MONOTERPENES; PLANT LEAVES; THYMUS PLANT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACINOS SUAVEOLENS; MAMMALIA; OCIMUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 55549087530     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9543-y     Document Type: Article

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