Ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant genotype diversity in a tri-trophic system

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2894-2903

  Abdala Roberts, Luis ^a   Mooney, Kailen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Feedback; Genotype diversity; Interaction modification; Ruellia nudiflora; Seed predator parasitoid; Tri trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HERB; HERBIVORY; PARASITOID; SEED PREDATION; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

RUELLIA NUDIFLORA;

EID: 84908292855     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 19399170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-2029.1     Document Type: Article

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