Putting plant resistance traits on the map: A test of the idea that plants are better defended at lower latitudes

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 777-788

  Moles, Angela T ^a,b,c,d   Wallis, Ian R ^c   Foley, William J ^c   Warton, David I ^a   Stegen, James C ^e   Bisigato, Alejandro J ^f   Cella Pizarro, Lucrecia ^f   Clark, Connie J ^g   Cohen, Philippe S ^h   Cornwell, William K ⁱ   Edwards, Will ^j   Ejrnæs, Rasmus ^k   Gonzales Ojeda, Therany ^l   Graae, Bente J ^m,n   Hay, Gregory ^o   Lumbwe, Fainess C ^p   Magaña Rodríguez, Benjamín ^b   Moore, Ben D ^j,q   Peri, Pablo L ^r   Poulsen, John R ^g   Veldtman, Ruan ^s,t   von Zeipel, Hugo ^u   Andrew, Nigel R ^v   Boulter, Sarah L ^w   Borer, Elizabeth T ^x   Campón, Florencia Fernández ^y   Coll, Moshe ^z   Farji Brener, Alejandro G ^aa   de Gabriel, Jane ^j   Jurado, Enrique ^ab   Kyhn, Line A ^ac   Low, Bill ^ad   Mulder, Christa P H ^ae   Reardon Smith, Kathryn ^af   Rodríguez Velázquez, Jorge ^ag   Seabloom, Eric W ^x   Vesk, Peter A ^ah   van Cauter, An ^ai   Waldram, Matthew S ^ai,aj   Zheng, Zheng ^ak   Blendinger, Pedro G ^al   Enquist, Brian J ^am   Facelli, Jose M ^o   Knight, Tiffany ^an   Majer, Jonathan D ^ao   Martínez Ramos, Miguel ^ag   McQuillan, Peter ^ap   Prior, Lynda D ^ap   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^g WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^j JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^k AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^l UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^m UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^p UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^q SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^r UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

^s STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^t SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^u MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^v UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^w GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^y INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^z HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^aa LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^ab UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^ac NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^ad Low Ecological Services   (Australia)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^ag INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ak KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^al UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^am University of Arizona   (United States)

^an WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ao CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Global patterns; Latitude; Leaf size; Leaf toughness; Lipid; Plant traits; Plant animal interactions; Tannin

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE; LIPID; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ASH; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CYANIDE; DATA ACQUISITION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIPID; META-ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TANNIN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CYANIDES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; LIPIDS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANNINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960538282     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03732.x     Document Type: Article

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