Testing the low latitude/high defense hypothesis for broad-leaved tree species

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 811-820

  Marquis, Robert J ^a   Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Abdala Roberts, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broad leaved trees; Herbivore pressure; Latitudinal gradients; Leaf traits; Plant defense evolution

Indexed keywords

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEFENSE; SHADE TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; COLD CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; PANAMA; PLANT LEAF; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COLD CLIMATE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HERBIVORY; MISSOURI; ONTARIO; PANAMA; PLANT LEAVES; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

CANADA; MISSOURI; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862187645     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2249-4     Document Type: Article

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