Perfect is best: Low leaf fluctuating asymmetry reduces herbivory by leaf miners

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-56

  Cornelissen, Tatiana ^a   Stiling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluctuating asymmetry; Leaf miners; Plant quality; Quercus

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HOST QUALITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LEAFMINER; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; METABOLISM; OAK; PLANT LEAF; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; TANNINS;

ACROCERCOPS; AGROMYZIDAE; BRACHYS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS GEMINATA; QUERCUS LAEVIS; STILBOSIS;

EID: 11944272392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1724-y     Document Type: Article

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