Titrating the cost of plant toxins against predators: Determining the tipping point for foraging herbivores

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 753-760

  Nersesian, Carolyn L ^a   Banks, Peter B ^b   Mcarthur, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviours; Foraging; Herbivore; Interactions; Patch use; Plant secondary metabolites; Plant toxins; Predation risk; Risk titration; Tipping point

Indexed keywords

CINEOLE; CYCLOHEXANOL DERIVATIVE; TERPENE; TOXIN;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; HERBIVORE; MARSUPIAL; PATCH USE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOXIN; VIGILANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALS; CYCLOHEXANOLS; EUCALYPTUS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MONOTERPENES; NEW SOUTH WALES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 79958066874     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01822.x     Document Type: Article

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