A quantitative evaluation of major plant defense hypotheses, nature versus nurture, and chemistry versus ants

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-139

  Massad, Tara Joy ^a,b   Fincher, R Malia ^c   Smilanich, Angela M ^d   Dyer, Lee ^d  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalist; Genetic variation; Herbivory; Phenotype; Plant defense; Secondary metabolites; Specialist

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENERALIST; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT DEFENSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 79957943916     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-011-9121-z     Document Type: Article

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