Can optimal defence theory be used to predict the distribution of plant chemical defences?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 985-992

  McCall, Andrew C ^a   Fordyce, James A ^b  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defence; Florivory; Herbivory; Leaf age; Leaf value; Optimal defence theory; Optimality models; Plant animal interactions; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CORRELATION; FITNESS; HERBIVORY; META-ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955344688     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01693.x     Document Type: Review

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