Low chitinase activity in Acacia myrmecophytes: a potential trade-off between biotic and chemical defences?

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Die Naturwissenschaften

• Publication date

  2000-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s001140050778PMID 11198198
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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