An exotic chemical weapon explains low herbivore damage in an invasive alga

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2736-2745

  Enge, Swantje ^a   Nylund, Göran Mikael ^a   Harder, Tilmann ^b   Pavia, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioassay guided fractionation; Bonnemaisonia hamifera; Enemy release; Evolutionary novelty; Increased competitive ability; Invasive algae; Novel weapon; Plant invasions; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

1,1,3,3 TETRABROMO 2 HEPTANONE; 1,1,3,3-TETRABROMO-2-HEPTANONE; KETONE;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL WEAPON; ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATURAL ENEMY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RED ALGA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RED ALGA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; KETONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RHODOPHYTA;

ALGAE; BONNEMAISONIA HAMIFERA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 84871818579     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0143.1     Document Type: Article

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