Herbivore resistance in congeneric and sympatric Nothofagus species is not related to leaf habit.
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DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1293
Abstract: PREMISE Two fundamental hypotheses on herbivore resistance and leaf habit are the resource availability hypothesis (RAH) and the carbon-nutrient balance hypothesis (CNBH). The RAH predicts higher constitutive resistance by evergreens, and the CNBH predicts higher… read more here.
Keywords: herbivore resistance; leaf habit; defoliation; nothofagus species ... See more keywords