Above-ground herbivory by red milkweed beetles facilitates above- and below-ground conspecific insects and reduces fruit production in common milkweed

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1038-1047

  Erwin, Alexis C ^a   Züst, Tobias ^a   Ali, Jared G ^a,b   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardenolide; Common milkweed Asclepias syriaca; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Induced defence; Monarch butterfly Danaus plexxipus; Plant insect interactions; Red milkweed beetle Tetraopes tetraophthalmus

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BEETLE; BUTTERFLY; CONSPECIFIC; DAMAGE; DICOTYLEDON; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FACILITATION; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HERBIVORY; INDUCED RESPONSE; LARVA; NEMATODE; OVIPOSITION; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; LABIDOMERA CLIVICOLLIS; NEMATODA; TETRAOPES TETROPTHALMUS;

EID: 84903185965     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12248     Document Type: Article

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