Interspecific advantage results in intraspecific disadvantage: Chemical protection versus cannibalism in Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1439-1451

  Bogner, Franz X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemical protection; Larval cannibalism; population density; pyrrolizidine alkaloid; Utetheisa ornatrix

Indexed keywords

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 0029804056     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02027723     Document Type: Article

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