Plant secondary metabolites (SMs) play important roles in plant survival and in creating
ecological connections between other species. In addition to providing a variety of valuable …

A thorough revision and update of the first edition, this Second Edition is designed to create
an awareness of the rapidly developing field of allelopathy. The author appraises existing …

Plant Strategies, Vegetation Processes, and Ecosystem Properties, Second Edition, is a
thoroughly updated and comprehensive new edition of the very successful Plant Strategies …

Collards were grown at Ithaca, New York, in two experimental habitats: pure stands and
single rows that were bounded on each side by diverse, meadow vegetation. The …

A major objective of insect ecology is to explain observed patterns of interaction between
plants and herbivorous insects. We would like to understand both how such patterns are …

Large herbivores must select food from a wide variety of plant parts, species, and strains.
These differ in nutritional value (protein, carbohydrate, etc.), toughness, spinosity, etc. Even …

Alkaloid transport and storage are reviewed, with emphasis on problems associated with
presence of toxic chemicals in living plants. Many patterns in the physiology of alkaloids and …

Between-plant Distribution of Toxins and Digestibility-Reducing Substances Reasons for the
Observed Distributions of Plant Defensive Systems Effect of Plant Defensive Chemistry on …

A review is presented in which consideration is given to what is known about glucosinolates
and the factors involved in the potential application of glucosinolate-containing tissues in …

Nitrification, a microbial process, is a key component and integral part of the nitrogen (N)
cycle. Soil N is in a constant state of flux, moving and changing chemical forms. During …