Plant community diversity influences allocation to direct chemical defence in Plantago lanceolata.

Forecasting the consequences of accelerating rates of changes in biodiversity for ecosystem functioning requires a mechanistic understanding of the relationships between the structure of biological communities and variation in plant functional characteristics. So far, experimental data of how plant...

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Main Authors: Anne Mraja, Sybille B Unsicker, Michael Reichelt, Jonathan Gershenzon, Christiane Roscher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3235097?pdf=render