Plant defence, an evolutionary dilemma: Contrasting effects of (specialist and generalist) herbivores and natural enemies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 307-310

  Van Der Meijden, Eddy ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

constraints; Cynoglossum officinale; evolutionary theory; herbivory; optimization; pyrrolizidine alkaloids; secondary plant metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029742839     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.1996.tb00941.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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