Leaf ageing promotes the shift in defence tactics in Mallotus japonicus from direct to indirect defence

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 802-809

  Yamawo, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Nobuhiko ^b   Tagawa, Jun ^c   Hada, Yoshio ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant plant mutualism; Extrafloral nectaries; Multiple defence traits; Pearl body; Pellucid dot; Pioneer plant; Plant herbivore interactions; Trichome

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANT; BIOASSAY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; HERB; HERBIVORY; LARVA; LEAF AREA; MUTUALISM; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TRICHOME;

ALTICINI; APHTHONA; ASCOTIS SELENARIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FORMICIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALLOTUS (PLANT); MALLOTUS JAPONICUS; SELENARIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 84859734274     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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