Ecology of plant volatiles: Taking a plant community perspective

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1845-1853

  Pierik, Ronald ^a   Ballaré, Carlos L ^b,c   Dicke, Marcel ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Defence; Growth; Herbivore; Photoreceptor; Phytochrome; Signalling

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOGENIC EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOTORECEPTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

PHYTOCHROME; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEFENSE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNALLING;

DEFENCE; GROWTH; HERBIVORE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYTOCHROME; SIGNALLING;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84904265526     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12330     Document Type: Review

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