Sticky plant traps insects to enhance indirect defence

Ecology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 219-224

  Krimmel, B A ^a   Pearse, I S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Enemy free space; Glandular trichomes; Indirect defense; Omnivory; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CARRION; DICOTYLEDON; ENEMY FREE SPACE; FITNESS; HERBIVORY; NECTAR; OMNIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE; PROTEIN; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ASTERACEAE; CALIFORNIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ARTHROPODA; ASTERACEAE; HEXAPODA; MADIA ELEGANS;

EID: 84872602477     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12032     Document Type: Article

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