Chemical and physical defense traits in two sexual forms of Opuntia robusta in Central Eastern Mexico.

Chemical and physical defense traits in two sexual forms of Opuntia robusta in Central Eastern Mexico.

Sexually dimorphic plants provide an excellent opportunity for examining the differences in the extent of their defense against herbivores because they exhibit sex-related differences in reproductive investment. Such differences enable comparison of the sex with high reproduction expenses with the s...

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Main Authors: Mariusz Krzysztof Janczur, Héctor Javier León Solano, Lupita Tzenyatze Solache Rámos, Citlalli Hypatia Mendoza Reyes, María del Carmen Oro Cerro, María Dolores Mariezcurrena Berasain, Irma Victoria Rivas Manzano, Javier Manjarrez, José Luis Villareal Benitez, Marcin Czarnoleski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24599143/?tool=EBI

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