Milkweed latex and cardenolide induction may resolve the lethal plant defence paradox

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-196

  Malcolm, Stephen B ^a   Zalucki, Myron P ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; cost of defence; Danaus plexippus; induced plant defence; secondary plant metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029740109     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00916.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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