Abstract
Recent studies of allocation to defensive chemicals in plants have provided insights into the ecological controls over plant defensive chemicals. Both developmental and ecological studies now suggest that we can understand the factors influencing allocation to defense by examining the relative availability of resources, external needs for chemical defense, and the internal demands for growth that plants face. These studies have also shed light on one of the more popular theories in plant evolutionary ecology, the growth-differentiation balance hypothesis of plant resource allocation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 58-61 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Trends in Ecology and Evolution |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1994 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Environmental Science(all)
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Plant chemical defense : monoterpenes and the growth-differentiation balance hypothesis. / Lerdau, Manuel; Litvak, Marcy; Monson, Russell.
In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1994, p. 58-61.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
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AU - Lerdau, Manuel
AU - Litvak, Marcy
AU - Monson, Russell
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Recent studies of allocation to defensive chemicals in plants have provided insights into the ecological controls over plant defensive chemicals. Both developmental and ecological studies now suggest that we can understand the factors influencing allocation to defense by examining the relative availability of resources, external needs for chemical defense, and the internal demands for growth that plants face. These studies have also shed light on one of the more popular theories in plant evolutionary ecology, the growth-differentiation balance hypothesis of plant resource allocation.
AB - Recent studies of allocation to defensive chemicals in plants have provided insights into the ecological controls over plant defensive chemicals. Both developmental and ecological studies now suggest that we can understand the factors influencing allocation to defense by examining the relative availability of resources, external needs for chemical defense, and the internal demands for growth that plants face. These studies have also shed light on one of the more popular theories in plant evolutionary ecology, the growth-differentiation balance hypothesis of plant resource allocation.
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