Natural selection on common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) by a community of specialized insect herbivores

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 651-667

  Agrawal, Anurag A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardenolides; Genetic selection analyses; Latex; Monarch butterfly; Plant insect interactions; Quantitative genetic field experiment; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 20644452654     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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