Middle Devonian liverwort herbivory and antiherbivore defence

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 247-258

  Labandeira, Conrad C ^a,b   Tremblay, Susan L ^c   Bartowski, Kenneth E ^d   Vanaller Hernick, Linda ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; External foliage feeding; Galling; Herbivore; Metzgeriothallus; New York state; Oil body cells; Piercing and sucking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; EXTERNAL FOLIAGE FEEDING; FOSSIL; GALLING; GEOGRAPHY; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LIVERWORT; METZGERIOTHALLUS; NEW YORK STATE; OIL BODY CELLS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIERCING-AND-SUCKING; PLANT LEAF; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPOD; EXTERNAL FOLIAGE FEEDING; GALLING; HERBIVORE; METZGERIOTHALLUS; NEW YORK STATE; OIL BODY CELLS; PIERCING-AND-SUCKING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; HEPATOPHYTA; HERBIVORY; NEW YORK; PLANT LEAVES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84894444429     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12643     Document Type: Article

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