Defensive ant, aphid and caterpillar mimicry in plants?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-398

  Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a   Inbar, Moshe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aposematic; Herbivory; Insect; Repellent

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; MIMICRY; PLANT;

ALCEA; APHIDIDAE; APHIDOIDEA; ARISARUM VULGARE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; LATHYRUS; LATHYRUS OCHRUS; LEPIDOPTERA; PASPALUM; PASPALUM DISTICHUM; PEREGRINA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PISUM FULVUM; VICIA PEREGRINA; XANTHIUM;

EID: 0036853898     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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