Trade-offs in antiherbivore defenses in Piper cenocladum: Ant mutualists versus plant secondary metabolites

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 581-592

  Dyer, Lee A ^a,b   Dodson, Craig D ^b   Beihoffer, Jon ^c   Letourneau, Deborah K ^b,d  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b and Mass Communication   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amides; Ant plants; Chemical defense; Costa Rica; Herbivory; Mutualism; Piper cenocladum; Predation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AMIDE;

ANT; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; MUTUALISM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; HOST RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTS; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; ATTA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA; PHEIDOLE BICORNIS; PIPER CENOCLADUM;

EID: 0034989815     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010345123670     Document Type: Article

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