Is crypsis a common defensive strategy in plants? Speculation on signal deception in the New Zealand flora

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-13

  Burns, Kevin C ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aposomatic colouration; Cryptic colouration; Herbivory; Moa; Plant defense

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSECT; NEW ZEALAND; PIGMENTATION; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; COLOR; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INSECTS; NEW ZEALAND; PIGMENTATION; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77749317333     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.1.10236     Document Type: Article

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