Beyond pollinator attraction: Extra-floral displays deter herbivores in a Mediterranean annual plant

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 499-512

  Gerchman, Yoram ^a   Dodek, Itay ^a   Petichov, Rinat ^a   Yerushalmi, Yoram ^a   Lerner, Amit ^b   Keasar, Tamar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Flag display; Goat; Locust; Salvia

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; COLOR; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; GOAT; HERB; HERBIVORE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REFLECTANCE; SIGNAL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; CAPRA HIRCUS; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SALVIA; SALVIA VIRIDIS;

EID: 84859611874     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9509-3     Document Type: Article

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