Ecological play in the coevolutionary theatre: Genetic and environmental determinants of attack by a specialist weevil on milkweed

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1049-1059

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a   Van Zandt, Peter A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Asclepias syriaca; Diffuse coevolution; Herbivory; Interaction modification; Plant competition; Plant insect interactions; Red : far red ratio of light; Rhyssomatus lineaticollis; Trait mediated indirect effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; COEVOLUTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; APOCYNACEAE; ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; INSECTA; POACEAE; RHYSSOMATUS; RHYSSOMATUS LINEATICOLLIS;

EID: 0348013350     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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