Herbivore pressure on goldenrod (Solidago altissima L., Asteraceae): Its effects on herbivore resistance and vegetative reproduction

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 795-801

  Bode, Robert F ^a   Kessler, André ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cost of defences; Herbivory; Natural selection; Plant growth; Plant resistance; Plant herbivore interactions; Solidago altissima

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CATERPILLAR; CORRELATION; GENOTYPE; HERB; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRESSURE EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

ASTERACEAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA; SPODOPTERA; SPODOPTERA EXIGUA; TRIRHABDA; TRIRHABDA VIRGATA;

EID: 84859715618     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.01958.x     Document Type: Article

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