Do phytoliths play an antiherbivory role in southwest Asian Asteraceae species and to what extent?

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 209, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 349-358

  Katz, Ofir ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^b   Bar, Pua ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Defence; Herbivory; Phytolith; Poaceae; Silica

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; PHYTOLITH; RAINFALL; SILICA; TAXONOMY;

ISRAEL;

ASTERACEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84903602807     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2014.03.010     Document Type: Article

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