Seedling-herbivore interactions: Insights into plant defence and regeneration patterns

Annals of Botany

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 643-650

  Barton, Kasey E ^a   Hanley, Mick E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Establishment; Plant defence; Plant herbivore interactions; Regeneration patterns; Seedling herbivory

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SELECTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WEED;

ANIMAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTABLISHMENT; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DEFENCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS; REGENERATION PATTERNS; REVIEW; SEEDLING; SEEDLING HERBIVORY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ESTABLISHMENT; PLANT DEFENCE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS; REGENERATION PATTERNS; SEEDLING HERBIVORY;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; SEEDLING;

EID: 84882365053     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mct139     Document Type: Review

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