Autumn tree colours as a handicap signal

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1475, 2001, Pages 1489-1493

  Hamilton, W D ^a   Brown, S P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Aphid; Communication; Honest signal; Host selection; Leaf; Pigment

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; AUTUMN; COLOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; PEST SPECIES;

APHID; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COLOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

APHIDIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0034924769     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1672     Document Type: Article

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