Can Batesian mimicry help plants to deter herbivores?

Pest Management Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 559-563

  Massei, Giovanna ^a   Cotterill, Jane V ^a   Coats, Julia C ^a   Bryning, Gareth ^a   Cowan, Dave P ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batesian mimicry; Mammalian herbivores; Natural repellents; Plant defences; Trifolium spp.

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; PESTICIDE;

EDIBLE SPECIES; HERB; LAGOMORPH; MIMICRY; OLFACTORY CUE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOVER; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OILS, VOLATILE; PESTICIDES; RABBITS; TRIFOLIUM;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34547408296     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.1360     Document Type: Article

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