Immunological cost of chemical defence and the evolution of herbivore diet breadth

Ecology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 612-621

  Smilanich, Angela M ^a   Dyer, Lee A ^b   Chambers, Jeffrey Q ^a   Bowers, M Deane ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet breadth; Encapsulation; Herbivory; Immune response; Iridoid glycosides; Natural enemies; Parasitoids; Plant chemistry; Secondary metabolites; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

IRIDOID;

CATERPILLAR; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; EVOLUTION; HERBIVORE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NICHE BREADTH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SEQUESTRATION (CHEMISTRY); TOXIN; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LARVA; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IRIDOIDS; LARVA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANTS;

HEXAPODA; JUNONIA COENIA; NYMPHALIDAE;

EID: 66749090511     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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