Do leaves of plants on phosphorus-impoverished soils contain high concentrations of phenolic defence compounds?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-61

  Wright, David M ^a   Jordan, Greg J ^b   Lee, William G ^c   Duncan, Richard P ^d,e   Forsyth, David M ^a,d   Coomes, David A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbon nutrient balance; Herbivory; Phenolics; Plant herbivore interactions; Protein competition model

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SOIL NUTRIENT; TERRACE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; TASMANIA;

EID: 73949138446     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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