Floral herbivore effect on the sex expression of an andromonoecious plant, Isomeris arborea (Capparaceae)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-162

  Krupnick, Gary A ^a,b   Weis, Arthur E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andromonoecy; Flora sex expression; Floral herbivory; Isomeris arborea; Meligethes rufimanus; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEX EXPRESSION;

CAPPARACEAE; COLEOPTERA; ISOMERIS ARBOREA; MELIGETHES RUFIMANUS; NITIDULIDAE;

EID: 0031888819     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009762415520     Document Type: Article

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