Experimental analysis of constitutive and induced defence in a plant-seed-predator system

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 966-972

  Jolivet, Céline ^a,b   Bernasconi, Giorgina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fruit abortion; Herbivory; Invasive species; Nursery pollination

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBON; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGG PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER; FRUIT; LARVA; MOTH; NITROGEN; PLANT; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEED; SEED PREDATION;

CARYOPHYLLACEAE; HADENA BICRURIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SILENE; SILENE LATIFOLIA;

EID: 33750716024     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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