Extrafloral nectaries as a deterrent mechanism against seed predators in the chemically protected weed Crotalaria pallida (Leguminosae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 776-782

  Guimarães Jr , Paulo R ^a   Raimundo, Rafael L G ^a   Bottcher, Cláudia ^a   Silva, Rogério R ^b   Trigo, José R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arctiidae; Camponotus; Chemical defence; Deterrence; Ectatomma; Formicinae; Ponerinae; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Seed predation; Utetheisa ornatrix

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; HERBIVORE; NECTARY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEED PREDATION; VULNERABILITY; WEED;

ARCTIIDAE; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA PALLIDA; FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; UTETHEISA ORNATRIX;

EID: 33747466726     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01639.x     Document Type: Article

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