Cryptic bracts facilitate herbivore avoidance in the mycoheterotrophic plant monotropsis odorata (ericaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2197-2205

  Klooster, Matthew R ^a   Clark, David L ^b   Culley, Theresa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bracts; Crypsis; Ericaceae; Herbivory; Monotropoideae; Monotropsis odorata; Reflectance spectrophotometry; Sweet pine sap

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRYPSIS; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; HETEROTROPHY; LEAF LITTER; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STEM;

ANIMALIA; ERICACEAE; MONOTROPOIDEAE; MONOTROPSIS ODORATA;

EID: 71449093766     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0900124     Document Type: Article

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