To duck or not to duck: Resistance advantages and disadvantages of the candy-cane stem phenotype in tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima

New Phytologist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 900-907

  Wise, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Candy cane stem; Ducking; Gall; Goldenrod; Herbivory; Resistance; Solidago altissima; Stem morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CATERPILLAR; DICOTYLEDON; ENEMY FREE SPACE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FLY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORPHOLOGY; SEED SET; STEM; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SOLIDAGO; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PENNSYLVANIA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT STEMS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SOLIDAGO;

CECIDOMYIIDAE; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 67650938426     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02879.x     Document Type: Article

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