Detrimental effects of latex and cardiac glycosides on survival and growth of first-instar monarch butterfly larvae Danaus plexippus feeding on the sandhill milkweed Asclepias humistrata

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 212-224

  Zalucki, M P ^a   Brower, L P ^a   Alonso M, A ^a  

^a SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalepsis; Co evolutionary arms race; Experimental study; Feeding behaviour; Miring; Mortality; Novel technique; Petiole notching; Plant defences; Toxicosis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS HUMISTRATA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 0035032333     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00313.x     Document Type: Article

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