Unexpected reactions of a generalist predator towards defensive devices of cassidine larvae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)

Oecologia

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 166-172

  Müller, Caroline ^a   Hilker, Monika ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cassida spp; Faeces; Kairomone; Larval shield; Myrmica rubra

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; CHEMICAL CUE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FECES; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; PLANT EXTRACT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CASSIDA DENTICOLLIS; CASSIDA SANGUINOSA; CASSIDA STIGMATICA; CHRYSANTHEMUM VULGARE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 0344609694     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050715     Document Type: Article

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