Latitudinal variation in plant chemical defences drives latitudinal patterns of leaf herbivory
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X. Moreira (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0166-838X) ([email protected]), Misión Biológica de Galicia (MBG-CSIC), Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. – B. Castagneyrol, BIOGECO, INRA, Univ. Bordeaux, Cestas, France. – L. Abdala-Roberts (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1394-3043), Depto de Ecología Tropical, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Univ. Autόnoma de Yucatán, Itzimná, Mérida, Yucatán, México. – J. C. Berny-Mier y Teran, Dept of Plant Sciences, Univ. of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA. – B. G. H. Timmermans, Dept of Agriculture, Louis Bolk Inst., Driebergen, the Netherlands. – H. H. Bruun, Dept of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. – F. Covelo, Depto de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Univ. Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain. – G. Glauser, Neuchâtel Platform of Analytical Chemistry, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. – S. Rasmann, Inst. of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology, Univ. of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. – A. J. M. Tack (http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3550-1070), Dept of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm Univ., Stockholm, Sweden.
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