Ducking as a means of resistance to herbivory in tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3275-3281

  Wise, Michael J ^a   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candy cane stems; Ducking; Eurosta solidaginis; Galls; Goldenrod; Resistance to herbivory; Rhopalomyia solidaginis; Solidago altissima; Stem morphology

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; GALL; GALL INSECT; HERB; HERBIVORY; INSECT; MORPHOLOGY; OVIPOSITION; PLANT DEFENSE; STEM;

CECIDOMYIIDAE; EUROSTA SOLIDAGINIS; RHOPALOMYIA SOLIDAGINIS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT TUMOR; SOLIDAGO; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; OVIPOSITION; PLANT TUMORS; SOLIDAGO; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 60249092309     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0277.1     Document Type: Article

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