HOST PREFERENCES OF RHUS RADICANS (ANACARDIACEAE) IN A SOUTHERN DECIDUOUS HARDWOOD FOREST

Authors
TALLEY SM LAWTON RO SETZER WN
Citation
Sm. Talley et al., HOST PREFERENCES OF RHUS RADICANS (ANACARDIACEAE) IN A SOUTHERN DECIDUOUS HARDWOOD FOREST, Ecology, 77(4), 1996, pp. 1271-1276
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00129658
Volume
77
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1271 - 1276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9658(1996)77:4<1271:HPORR(>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Rhus radicans, a root-climbing liana, is not distributed randomly amon g potential host tree species in an old-growth mixed mesophytic forest on the southern Cumberland Plateau of north Alabama, USA. Vines are m ore abundant than expected on Carya ovata and Quercus rubra, but less abundant than expected on Juglans nigra, Acer saccharum, and Sassafras albidum. Seed germination and early seedling growth in the presence o f bark extracts suggest allelochemical interactions may influence the observed host preferences.