Conspicuous extra-floral nectaries are inducible in Vicia faba

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 495-497

  Mondor, Edward B ^a   Addicott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ant plant interaction; Herbivory; Inducible defence; Mutualism; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HERBIVORY; MUTUALISM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VICIA; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0037533956     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00457.x     Document Type: Review

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