Effect of limited water availability on foliar plant secondary metabolites of two Eucalyptus species

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-64

  McKiernan, Adam B ^a   Hovenden, Mark J ^a   Brodribb, Timothy J ^a   Potts, Brad M ^a   Davies, Noel W ^b   O'Reilly Wapstra, Julianne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Eucalyptus; Phenolic; Secondary metabolite; Terpene; Water stress

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLIAGE; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TERPENE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS;

EID: 84900811964     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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