Anti-herbivory defense of two Vicia species with and without extrafloral nectaries

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 743-752

  Katayama, Noboru ^a   Suzuki, Nobuhiko ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ants; Chemical defense; Extrafloral nectaries; Indirect defense; Nitrogen; Vetch

Indexed keywords

ANT; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; GROWTH RATE; NECTARY; NITROGEN; PHYTOMASS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SUGAR;

FABACEAE; FORMICIDAE; VICIA; VICIA HIRSUTA; VICIA SATIVA; VICIA SATIVA SUBSP. NIGRA;

EID: 79953774681     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9862-2     Document Type: Article

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