Cyanogenesis, herbivory and plant defense in Turnera ulmifolia on Jamaica

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 511-520

  Schappert, Phillip J ^a,b   Shore, Joel S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Colonization; Cost; Euptoieta hegesia; Herbivore damage; Natural selection; Specialization; Variation

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

JAMAICA;

EUPTOIETA HEGESIA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; TURNERA ULMIFOLIA;

EID: 0033492950     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682560     Document Type: Article

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