Catalpa bignonioides alters extrafloral nectar production after herbivory and attracts ant bodyguards

Oecologia

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-218

  Ness, J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Indirect plant defense; Induction; Mutualism; Rewards; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

INDUCED RESPONSE; MUTUALISM; MYRMECOPHYTE; NECTAR; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BIGNONIACEAE; CATALPA BIGNONIOIDES; CERATOMIA CATALPAE; FORELIUS PRUINOSUS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 0037267084     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1110-6     Document Type: Article

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