Insect symbionts as hidden players in insect-plant interactions

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 705-711

  Frago, Enric ^a   Dicke, Marcel ^b   Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial symbionts; Community ecology; Facultative symbiosis; Fungal symbionts; Horizontal transmission; Host plant use; Indirect plant mediated interactions; Induced plant defences; Mutualism

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; NATURAL ENEMY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; INSECT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; INSECTS; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA;

EID: 84868696289     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2012.08.013     Document Type: Review

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