Plants that lead: Do some surface features direct enemy traffic on leaves and stems?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 288-294

  Vermeij, Geerat J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Defence; Herbivory; Water repellence

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CUTICLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HERBIVORY; LEAF; PLANT; STEM; TRICHOME;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84941189664     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12592     Document Type: Article

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