Context-dependent defence in terrestrial plants: The effects of light and nutrient availability on plant resistance against herbivory

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-242

  Hendriks, Rob J J ^a   Luijten, Leon ^a   Van Groenendael, Jan M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolutionary history; Lepidoptera; Multiple choice bioassays; Noctuidae; Optimal defence; Plant palatability; Spodoptera exigua

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOASSAY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENERALIST; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MOTH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALATABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA;

EID: 65849183326     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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