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Defensive Traits during White Spruce (Picea glauca) Leaf Ontogeny

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Leaves can only toughen after they have finished growing and, as a result, many herbivorous insects specialize in newly developing leaves because softer leaves are easier to chew. The foliage of conifer trees is particularly tough, and so one would expect conifers to invest more defe...

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Autores principales: Lirette, Antoine-Olivier, Despland, Emma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8306798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34357304
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects12070644