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Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids?

Why do plants change color in the autumn? Could it be a signal to aphids, warning them of the defensive strength of the trees, or might the cause be more mundane?

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Autores principales: Chittka, Lars, Döring, Thomas F
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1945073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17696643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050187
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spelling pubmed-19450732007-08-14 Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids? Chittka, Lars Döring, Thomas F PLoS Biol Unsolved Mystery Why do plants change color in the autumn? Could it be a signal to aphids, warning them of the defensive strength of the trees, or might the cause be more mundane? Public Library of Science 2007-08 2007-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC1945073/ /pubmed/17696643 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050187 Text en © 2007 Chittka and Döring. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Chittka, Lars
Döring, Thomas F
Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids?
title Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids?
title_full Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids?
title_fullStr Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids?
title_full_unstemmed Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids?
title_short Are Autumn Foliage Colors Red Signals to Aphids?
title_sort are autumn foliage colors red signals to aphids?
topic Unsolved Mystery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1945073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17696643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050187
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