Rapid herbivore-induced changes in mountain birch phenolics and nutritive compounds and their effects on performance of the major defoliator, Epirrita autumnata

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-321

  Lempa, Kyösti ^a   Agrawal, Anurag A ^b   Salminen, Juha Pekka ^a   Turunen, Teija ^c   Ossipov, Vladimir ^a   Ossipova, Svetlana ^a   Haukioja, Erkki ^a   Pihlaja, Kalevi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii; Epirrita autumnata; Galloylglucoses; Larval growth; Leaf consumption; Lepidoptera; Photosynthesis; Rapid induced responses

Indexed keywords

GALLOYLGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NUTRITION; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; BIRCH; INSECT; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEPIDOPTERA; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; BETULA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; MOTHS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHENOLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

ANIMALIA; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 1842505389     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEC.0000017979.94420.78     Document Type: Article

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