Community complexity drives patterns of natural selection on a chemical defense of Brassica nigra

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-161

  Lankau, Richard A ^a,b   Strauss, Sharon Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Generalist; Glucosinolate; Herbivory; Specialist

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSINOLATE; SINIGRIN;

APHID; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEXITY; DICOTYLEDON; GENERALIST; GENETIC VARIATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPOD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GASTROPODA; GLUCOSINOLATES; MUSTARD PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS);

APHIDIDAE; BRASSICA NIGRA;

EID: 40049096004     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/524959     Document Type: Article

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