Selenium protects the hyperaccumulator stanleya pinnata against black-tailed prairie dog herbivory in native seleniferous habitats

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1085

  Freeman, John L ^a   Quinn, Colin F ^a   Lindblom, Stormy Dawn ^a   Klamper, Erin M ^a   Elizabeth, A H Pilon Smits ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Black tailed prairie dog; Cynomys ludovicianus; Elemental plant defense; Hyperaccumulation; Selenium; Stanleya pinnata

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERB; HERBIVORY; HYPERACCUMULATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PLANT DEFENSE; SELENIUM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; MAMMALIA; STANLEYA (ANGIOSPERM); STANLEYA PINNATA;

EID: 67650218501     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800287     Document Type: Article

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