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Exploring plant defense theory in tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima.
The New phytologist - 1 Jun 2014
Heath Jeremy J, Kessler André, Woebbe Eric, Cipollini Don, Stireman John O
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Understanding the evolutionary reasons for patterns of chemical defense in plants is an ongoing theoretical and empirical challenge. The goal is to develop a model that can reliably predict how defenses are distributed within the plant over space and time. This is difficult given that evolutionary, ecological, and physiological processes and tradeoffs can operate over different spatial and temporal scales. We...
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