Maternal defence of a leaf beetle is not effective against parasitoids but is against pedestrian predators

Ethology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 560-567

  Kudo, Shin Ichi ^a   Ishibashi, Eiji ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GONIOCTENA SIBIRICA; SALIX; SALIX BAKKO; VESPIDAE; SALICACEAE;

AGGRESSION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENCE; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOUR; LEAF BEETLE; MATERNAL CARE;

EID: 0029660096     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1996.tb01148.x     Document Type: Article

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