Induced Plant Resistance to Herbivory by Andreas Schaller
English | PDF | 2008 | 450 Pages | ISBN : 1402081812 | 12.2 MB
Flowering plants dominate much of the Earth's surface and yet, as sessile organisms, they must constantly resist attack by numerous voracious herbivores. Survival in the face of an abundance of insect predators relies on sophisticated resistance systems allowing plants to escape from herbivory in time or in space, to confront herbivores directly, or to fight them indirectly by remarkable collaborations with other species.
