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| Title: | The effect of habitat on constitutive levels and inducibility of leaf phenolics in American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) |
| Authors: | Zrust, Amanda
Cardone, Frank
Yee, Caroline
Patel, Nikita |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Abstract: | Plants use chemical defenses to ward off herbivory. Phenolics, a carbon-based chemical defense,
are present in all woody plants. There are many biotic and abiotic factors that can affect the
levels of phenolics present in plant tissue. Two factors that can affect phenolic levels are carbon
and nitrogen availability. Often these factors vary with habitats. Glacial moraines often have
mesic, nitrogen rich soil. Glacial outwash plains often have xeric soil with less nitrogen. To see
the effects of carbon and nitrogen availability on constitutive levels and inducibility of phenolics,
we tested constitutive levels and inducibility of phenolics in American Beech (Fagus
grandifolia) in both habitats. Trees from the outwash plain had higher constitutive levels of
phenolics. Though both sites induced phenolics in response to leaf damage, neither site
produced a significantly greater amount. |
| Description: | General Ecology |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57730 |
| Appears in Collections: | Biological Station, University of Michigan (UMBS)
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