title: Pinosylvin methyl ether deters snowshoe hare feeding on green alder.
abstract: Pinosylvin methyl ether (PME), a toxic phenol, is a potent deterrent to showshoe hare feeding on green alder. Concentrations of PME found in green alder parts can account for the low palatability of winter-dormant foliar buds and staminate catkins but cannot affect internode palatability. The lack of a PME-related defense system in internodes suggests that green alder has at least a two-level defense system: defense of growth stages and defense of parts within growth stages.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wieland
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Reichardt
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: McCarthy