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Molecular constraints on resistance-tolerance trade-offs.
Ecology - 1 Oct 2017
Mesa J Miles, Scholes Daniel R, Juvik John A, Paige Ken N
Abstract excerpt
Plants have numerous mechanisms to cope with the negative effects of herbivory, including plant resistance, structural and chemical traits that reduce damage, and plant tolerance, the ability to compensate for tissues lost. It has been argued that resistance and tolerance represent alternate strategies and thus there should be a trade-off between resistance and tolerance. However, resistance and tolerance are...
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