Plant coloration undermines herbivorous insect camouflage

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1126-1130

  Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a   Dafni, Amots ^a   Flaishman, Moshe A ^b   Inbar, Moshe ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^a   Katzir, Gadi ^a   Ne'eman, Gidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Institute of Horticulture   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

COLOR VISION; FLOWER COLOR; FRUIT COLOR; MELANOSIS; PETIOLE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PREDATION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PIGMENTATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 7044245517     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20112     Document Type: Review

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