Insect herbivores of Coccoloba cereifera do not select asymmetric plants

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 849-855

  Telhado, Cristina ^a   Esteves, Daniela ^a   Cornelissen, Tatiana ^c   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a   Carneiro, Marco Antonio A ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Insectplant relationship; Leaf traits; Plant quality

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; HERBIVORE; HOST SELECTION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMIPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT LEAF; POLYGONACEAE;

ANIMALS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEMIPTERA; PLANT LEAVES; POLYGONACEAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

BRAZIL;

ABGRALLASPIS CYANOPHYLLI; ANIMALIA; COCCOLOBA CEREIFERA; DIASPIDIDAE; HEMIBERLESIA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 77953148157     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN09179     Document Type: Article

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