Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Specialized Metabolites for Predicting Lichen Fitness and Snail Foraging
Lichens are slow-growing organisms supposed to synthetize specialized metabolites to protect themselves against diverse grazers. As predicted by the optimal defense theory (ODT), lichens are expected to invest specialized metabolites in higher levels in reproductive tissues compared to thallus. We i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Plants |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/1/70 |