| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| School or College |
College of Science |
| Department |
Biology |
| Creator |
Coley, Phyllis D. |
| Title |
Between-species differences in leaf defenses of tropical trees |
| Date |
1987 |
| Description |
Rates of herbivory and patterns of leaf defense are presented for light-demanding and shade-tolerant tree species growing in a lowland rainforest in Panama. More than 85 percent of the annual leaf damage is due to grazing by insects. There are over three orders of magnitude difference between species in the rates of herbivory on mature leaves. More than 70 percent of this variation can be statistically explained by measured defenses. |
| Type |
Text |
| Publisher |
Intermountain Research Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture |
| First Page |
30 |
| Last Page |
35 |
| Subject |
Herbivory; Interspecific variation; Panama; Growth rate; Shade tolerance; Treefall gaps; Tropical forest; Understory; Tannins; Alkaloids |
| Subject LCSH |
Forest ecology -- Tropics; Plant defenses |
| Language |
eng |
| Bibliographic Citation |
Coley, P. D. (1987). Between-species differences in leaf defenses of tropical trees, in Fourth Annual Wildland Shrub Symposium on Plant-Herbivore Interactions. Provenza, Frederick. D., Flinders, Jerran T., & McArthur, E. Durant. (eds), 30-35. |
| Format Medium |
application/pdf |
| Format Extent |
6,802,381 bytes |
| Identifier |
ir-main,6754 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6z89wvb |
| Setname |
ir_uspace |
| ID |
705845 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z89wvb |
