Farmer, Edward E., <br/><br/>
Leaf Defence /Edward E. Farmer. 

 - Oxford ;  New York :  Oxford University Press,  (c)2014. 
 - 1 online resource (viii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :  illustrations (some color) 
<br/><br/> Plates placed within the chapters in online version (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed March 16, 2015). 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : The leaf and the pressures it faces --  Leaf colour patterning and leaf form --  Structural defences and specialised defence cells --  Chemical defences --  Inducible defences and the jasmonate pathway --  Top-down pressures and indirect defences --  Release and escape from herbivory --  8. Escape in space : The cliff trees of Socotra --  Synthesis. 
<br/><br/> This title describes the natural history of leaf defence against both invertebrate and vertebrate attack, incorporating insights from the field and laboratory. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191779626 9780191651199 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016642463  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Leaves.<br/>Plant defenses.<br/>Plant physiology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QK649  / .L434 2014