Adaptations of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) for defense against herbivores

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 299, Issue , 2013, Pages 14-21

  Lindroth, Richard L ^a   St Clair, Samuel B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen decline; Fire; Herbivory; Phytochemistry; Plant animal interactions; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

ASPEN DECLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; HERBIVORY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

FIRES; FORESTRY; GENES; MAMMALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; SUGARS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS;

ADAPTATION; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORY; LANDSCAPE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FOREST FIRES; GENES; MAMMALS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SUGAR;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; UNGULATA;

EID: 84878128741     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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