| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| School or College |
College of Science |
| Department |
Biology |
| Creator |
Coley, Phyllis D. |
| Other Author |
Fine, Paul V. A.; Miller, Zachariah J.; Mesones, Italo; Irazuzta, Sebastian; Appel, Heidi M.; Stevens, M. Henry H.; Sääksjärvi, Ilari; Schultz, Jack C. |
| Title |
Growth-defense trade-off and habitat specialization by plants in Amazonian forests |
| Date |
2006 |
| Description |
Tropical forests include a diversity of habitats, which has led to specialization in plants. Near Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, nutrient-rich clay forests surround nutrient-poor white-sand forests, each harboring a unique composition of habitat specialist trees. We tested the hypothesis that the combination of impoverished soils and herbivory creates strong natural selection for plant defenses in white-sand forest, while rapid growth is favored in clay forests. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
Ecological Society of America |
| Volume |
87 |
| Issue |
7 |
| First Page |
150 |
| Last Page |
162 |
| Subject |
Amazon; Ecological gradient; Growth-defense trade-off; Habitat specialization; Herbivory; Phenolics; Phylogenetic control; Rainforest; Reciprocal-transplant experiment; Terpenes; Tropical trees |
| Subject LCSH |
Forest ecology -- Tropics; Plant defenses |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Fine, P. V. A., Miller, Z. J., Mesones, I., Irazuzta, S., Appel, H. M., Stevens, M. H. H., Sääksjärvi, I., Schultz, J. C., & Coley, P. D. (2006). Growth-defense trade-off and habitat specialization by plants in Amazonian forests. Ecology, 87(7), S150-S162. Supplement |
| Rights Management |
(c) Ecological Society of America |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
300,705 bytes |
| Identifier |
ir-main,6832 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6jm2v0s |
| Setname |
ir_uspace |
| ID |
704588 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jm2v0s |
