Host Preferences of Rhus Radicans (Anacardiaceae) in a Southern Deciduous Hardwood Forest

Autor: Sharon M. Talley, William N. Setzer, Robert O. Lawton
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Ecology. 77:1271-1276
ISSN: 0012-9658
Popis: Rhus radicans, a root-climbing liana, is not distributed randomly among potential host tree species in an old-growth mixed mesophytic forest on the southern Cum- berland Plateau of north Alabama, USA. Vines are more abundant than expected on Carya ovata and Quercus rubra, but less abundant than expected on Juglans nigra, Acer sac- charum, and Sassafras albidum. Seed germination and early seedling growth in the presence of bark extracts suggest allelochemical interactions may influence the observed host pref- erences.
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