Same host-plant, different sterols: Variation in sterol metabolism in an insect herbivore community

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1309-1319

  Janson, Eric M ^a   Grebenok, Robert J ^b   Behmer, Spencer T ^c   Abbot, Patrick ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Nutritional ecology; Phytosterols; Plant insect interactions; Solidago altissima; Spinasterol

Indexed keywords

PHYTOSTEROL;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; HORMONE; HOST PLANT; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; STEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SOLIDAGO; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT LEAVES; SOLIDAGO; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 73249123902     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9713-6     Document Type: Article

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