Physiological Constraints on Plant Chemical Defenses
Physiological Constraints on Plant Chemical Defenses
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DOI:
10.1021/bk-1983-0208.ch002
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发表时间:
1983-01
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通讯作者:
H. Mooney;S. L. Gulmon;N. D. Johnson
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作者:
H. Mooney;S. L. Gulmon;N. D. Johnson
Plants allocate their carbon and nitrogen resources to a variety of functions including constructing and maintaining new tissues (root, shoot, reproductive), storage, and defense from herbivores. There is a genetically-determined time schedule of allocation of resources to various functions which can be modified to a certain degree by environmental conditions. The proposition is examined that this time schedule represents changing allocation priorities within the plant which results in time "windows" when it is more susceptible to herbivore damage than others. Anti-herbivore "strategies" of plants must be considered in relation to changing patterns of resource availability to the whole plant and in relation to allocation of these resources to enhance reproductive output.