A Specialist Herbivore Uses Chemical Camouflage to Overcome the Defenses of an Ant-Plant Mutualism

Many plants and ants engage in mutualisms where plants provide food and shelter to the ants in exchange for protection against herbivores and competitors. Although several species of herbivores thwart ant defenses and extract resources from the plants, the mechanisms that allow these herbivores to a...

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Autores principales: Whitehead, Susan R., Reid, Ellen, Sapp, Joseph, Poveda, Katja, Royer, Anne M., Posto, Amanda L., Kessler, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25047551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102604

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25047551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102604

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