Contemporary evolution of plant growth rate following experimental removal of herbivores

American Naturalist

Volumn 181, Issue SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Turley, Nash E ^a   Odell, Walter C ^b   Schaefer, Hanno ^c   Everwand, Georg ^d   Crawley, Michael J ^e   Johnson, Marc T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community genetics; Eco evolutionary interactions; Herbivory; Plant competition; Plant defenses; Rumex acetosa

Indexed keywords

OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DICOTYLEDON; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LAGOMORPH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RUMEX;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HERBIVORY; OXALATES; RABBITS; RUMEX; TANNINS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POLYGONACEAE; RUMEX; RUMEX ACETOSA;

EID: 84876383616     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668075     Document Type: Article

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