Family matters: Effect of host plant variation in chemical and mechanical defenses on a sequestering specialist herbivore

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 687-693

  Dimarco, Romina D ^a   Nice, Chris C ^b   Fordyce, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristolochic acid; Battus philenor; Foraging behavior; Heritable variation; Leaf toughness

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORE; HERITABILITY; HOST PLANT; NATURAL ENEMY; ORGANIC ACID; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA ERECTA; BATTUS PHILENOR; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 84867496588     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2343-7     Document Type: Article

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