Plant glandular trichomes mediate protective mutualism in a spider-plant system

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-494

  Morais Filho, José Cesar ^a   Romero, Gustavo Q ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conditional outcomes; Food web; Glandular trichomes; Host fidelity; Melastomataceae; Neotropical region; Peucetia; Protective mutualism; Spider plant interaction; Swamp; Top down and bottom up forces

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; FITNESS; FOOD LIMITATION; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MUTUALISM; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SPECIALIZATION; SPIDER; SWAMP; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TRICHOME;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; MELASTOMATACEAE; OXYOPIDAE; PEUCETIA; RHYNCHANTHERA;

EID: 77955264251     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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