Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide: The importance of enemies and apparency in adaptation to harsh soil environments

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Strauss, Sharon Y ^a   Ivalu Cacho N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparency; Brassicaceae pieridae; Crypsis; Enemies; Plant defense; Soil specialization

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COLOR; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CRYPSIS; DICOTYLEDON; HERBIVORE; PLANT DEFENSE; SERPENTINE; SPECIALIZATION; TRADE-OFF; VEGETATION COVER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRASSICACEAE; BUTTERFLY; CAELIFERA; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRASSICACEAE; BUTTERFLIES; CALIFORNIA; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPERS; HERBIVORY; LARVA; MAMMALS; PLANT LEAVES;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICACEAE; PIERIDAE; STREPTANTHUS; STREPTANTHUS BREWERI;

EID: 84879140864     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670754     Document Type: Article

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