Decreased indirect defense in the invasive tree, Triadica sebifera

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 945-954

  Carrillo, Juli ^a   Wang, Yi ^b   Ding, Jiangqing ^b   Klootwyk, Kyle ^a   Siemann, Evan ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution of increased competitive ability (EICA); Exotic species; Extrafloral nectar (EFN); Tallow tree; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; COEVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; NECTAR; TRADE-OFF; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

TRIADICA SEBIFERA;

EID: 84862257037     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0055-z     Document Type: Article

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