Defensive mixology: combining acquired chemicals towards defence

A mixed diet of toxic plants enables increased feeding and anti-predator defense by an insect herbivore

(2014) P. A. Mason et al.   OECOLOGIA

Self-Medication in Animals

(2013) J. C. de Roode et al.   SCIENCE

Physiological effects of diet mixing on consumer fitness: a meta-analysis

(2012) Jonathan S. Lefcheck et al.   ECOLOGY

Plant secondary compounds as complementary resources: are they always complementary?

(2012) G. Copani et al.   OECOLOGIA

Changes in plant chemical defenses and nutritional quality as a function of ontogeny in Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae)

(2011) Carolina Quintero et al.   OECOLOGIA

Evidence for trans-generational medication in nature

(2010) Thierry Lefèvre et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Synergistic Effects of Amides from Two Piper Species on Generalist and Specialist Herbivores

(2010) Lora A. Richards et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Heavy metal hyperaccumulating plants: How and why do they do it? And what makes them so interesting?

(2010) Nicoletta Rascio et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Flavin-Dependent Monooxygenases as a Detoxification Mechanism in Insects: New Insights from the Arctiids (Lepidoptera)

(2010) Sven Sehlmeyer et al.   PLoS One

Plant defense against herbivory: progress in identifying synergism, redundancy, and antagonism between resistance traits

(2009) Sergio Rasmann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Foliage-age mixing within balsam fir increases the fitness of a generalist caterpillar

(2009) ROB JOHNS et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Immunological cost of chemical defence and the evolution of herbivore diet breadth

(2009) Angela M. Smilanich et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Exploitation of secondary metabolites by animals: A response to homeostatic challenges

(2009) J. S. Forbey et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Self-Medication as Adaptive Plasticity: Increased Ingestion of Plant Toxins by Parasitized Caterpillars

(2009) Michael S. Singer et al.   PLoS One

Insect Herbivore Nutrient Regulation

(2008) Spencer T. Behmer   Annual Review of Entomology

No effect of larval experience on adult host preferences inPolygonia c-album(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): on the persistence of Hopkins’ host selection principle

(2008) NIKLAS JANZ et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

De novo biosynthesis versus sequestration: A network of transport systems supports in iridoid producing leaf beetle larvae both modes of defense

(2008) Maritta Kunert et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Biparental Endowment of Endogenous Defensive Alkaloids in Epilachna paenulata

(2008) Soledad Camarano et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Complementarity effects through dietary mixing enhance the performance of a generalist insect herbivore

(2008) Sybille B. Unsicker et al.   OECOLOGIA

Coexisting generalist herbivores occupy unique nutritional feeding niches

(2008) S. T. Behmer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA