Adaptive and selective seed abortion reveals complex conditional decision making in plants

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 376-383

  Meyer, Katrin M ^a   Soldaat, Leo L ^b   Auge, Harald ^a   Thulke, Hans Hermann ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Berberis vulgaris; Monte Carlo simulations; Parasite; Plant behavior; Rhagoletis meigenii; Seed predation; Selective abortion

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BERBERIDACEAE; EGG LAYING; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; BERBERIDACEAE; FOOD CHAIN; GERMANY; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; TEPHRITIDAE; WATER;

EID: 84894354739     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675063     Document Type: Article

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