Divergent evolution in antiherbivore defences within species complexes at a single Amazonian site
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Mar ıa-Jos e Endara*, Alexander Weinhold, James E. Cox, Natasha L. Wiggins, Phyllis D. Coley and Thomas A. Kursar Department of Biology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840, USA; Health Sciences Center Core Research Facilities, School of Medicine, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840, USA; and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa Box 0843-03092, Panama
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