Reproductive escape: Annual plant responds to butterfly eggs by accelerating seed production

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 245-254

  Lucas Barbosa, Dani ^a   Van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Gols, Rieta ^a   Van Beek, Teris A ^a   Dicke, Marcel ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bumblebees; Egg induced plant reproduction; Florivory; Flowers; Folivory; Herbivore induced plant volatiles; Seed production; Syrphid flies

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; DICOTYLEDON; EGG; FITNESS; FLOWER VISITING; HERBIVORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT-POLLINATOR INTERACTION; POLLINATION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEED PRODUCTION; SPECIALIST;

BRASSICA NIGRA; HEXAPODA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 84873085437     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12004     Document Type: Article

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