Sweet tetra-trophic interactions: Multiple evolution of nectar secretion, a defensive extended phenotype in cynipid gall wasps

American Naturalist

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 67-77

  Nicholls, James A ^a   Melika, George ^b   Stone, Graham N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Cynipini; Defensive trait; Disholcaspis; Nectar secretion; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ANT; ATTRACTANT; COEVOLUTION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; MUTUALISM; NATURAL ENEMY; NECTAR; OVIPOSITION; PARASITOID; PHENOTYPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WASP;

CYNIPIDAE; CYNIPINI; FORMICIDAE; QUERCUS;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NECTAR; OAK; PHENOTYPE; WASP;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT NECTAR; QUERCUS; WASPS;

EID: 85008402257     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/689399     Document Type: Article

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