Aphids indirectly increase virulence and transmission potential of a monarch butterfly parasite by reducing defensive chemistry of a shared food plant

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-461

  De Roode, Jacobus C ^a   Rarick, Rachel M ^a   Mongue, Andrew J ^a   Gerardo, Nicole M ^a   Hunter, Mark D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphis nerii; Asclepias; Cardenolide; Danaus plexippus; Disease ecology; Host parasite interaction; Ophryocystis elektroscirrha; Trait mediated; Tri trophic; Virulence evolution

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; APHIS NERII; ASCLEPIAS; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; OPHRIOCYSTIS ELEKTROSCIRRHA;

EID: 79953865817     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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