Macroevolution of plant defenses against herbivores in the evening primroses

New Phytologist

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 267-279

  Johnson, Marc T J ^a   Ives, Anthony R ^b   Ahern, Jeffrey ^c   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Coevolution; Evening primrose; Phenolics; Phylogenetic generalized least squares; Plant defense; Plant herbivore interaction; Tannins

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; APOMIXIS; COEVOLUTION; DICOTYLEDON; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLITE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RELATEDNESS; TANNIN; TRADE-OFF;

OENOTHERA; ONAGRACEAE;

CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; TANNIN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; EVENING PRIMROSE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HERBIVORY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAFFEIC ACIDS; FLAVONOIDS; HERBIVORY; HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS; OENOTHERA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84901618591     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12763     Document Type: Article

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