A Role for Metabolomics in Plant Ecology

Annual Plant Reviews Volume 43: Biology of Plant Metabolomics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2011, Pages 87-107

  Van Dam, Nicole M ^a   Van Der Meijden, Eddy ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemical ecology; Optimal defence theory; Plant insect interactions; Resistance; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940244458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444339956.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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