Induced Responses to Herbivory
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A01=Ian T. Baldwin
A01=Richard Karban
academic
adaptation
agriculture
animals
Author_Ian T. Baldwin
Author_Richard Karban
biology
botany
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chemical
chemistry
college
darwin
defense
defenses
eating
enzyme
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evaluation
fauna
flora
food
genes
herbivores
higher education
natural world
nature
physiology
plant
plants
research
resistance
response
scholarly
selection
shelter
synthesis
textbook
thorns
university
vegetables
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- ISBN 9780226424965
- Weight: 482g
- Dimensions: 16 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 1997
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Plants face a daunting array of creatures which eat them, bore into them and use virtually every plant part for food or shelter. However, plants are far from defenceless under attack. Although they cannot flee their attackers, they can produce defences, such as thorns, and can actively alter their chemistry and physiology in response to damage. For instance, young potato leaves being eaten by potato beetles respond by producing chemicals which inhibit beetle digestive enzymes. Research on these induced responses to herbivory has proceeded since the 1980s, and this comprehensive evaluation and synthesis of a rapidly-developing field provides state-of-the-discipline reviews, and highlights areas of research which might be productive. This overview should appeal to a wide variety of theoretical and applied researchers in ecology, evolutionary biology, plant biology, entomology and agriculture.
