The defense hypothesis of elemental hyperaccumulation: status, challenges and new directions

By R. Boyd. Plant and Soil, 2007

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Subfields: Analytical Chemistry, Plant Science, Pollution

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In Analytical Chemistry

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In Plant Science

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2. R. Boyd
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Citations in the corpus

• Lessons on Evolution from the Study of Edaphic Specialization (2017, background): “Some of these insects do accumulate heavy metals to toxic levels (Boyd, 2007) and may use them as defense against natural enemies (i.”
• Transfer of heavy metals through terrestrial food webs: a review (2015, background): “Many authors have hypothesized reasons for metal hyperaccumulation in plants, but few of the hypotheses have been experimentally tested (Boyd and Martens 1998; Boyd 2007, 2010).”
• Intraspecific variation, adaptation, and evolution (2011, neutral): “been demonstrated to reduce insect herbivory in several plant species and ecotypes (Brooks, 1998; Boyd, 2007) and also serve in osmotic regulation and drought tolerance (Boyd and Martens, 1992; Bhatia et al.”
• Metallophytes—a view from the rhizosphere (2010, background): “Five different explanations for why hyperaccumulators may have evolved have been proposed (Boyd and Martens 1992; Boyd 2007).”