What happens when ants fail at plant defence? Cordia nodosa dynamically adjusts its investment in both direct and indirect resistance traits in response to herbivore damage

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 400-409

  Frederickson, Megan E ^a   Ravenscraft, Alison ^b   Arcila Hernández, Lina M ^a   Booth, Gregory ^a   Astudillo, Viviana ^a   Miller, Gabriel A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant plant interactions; Biotic; Chemical and physical resistance traits; Defence trade offs; Inducible defences; Myrmecophytism; Plant defence theory; Plant herbivore interactions

Indexed keywords

ANT; HERBIVORY; MYRMECOPHYTE; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SHRUB; TRADE-OFF;

EID: 84874203164     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12034     Document Type: Article

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