Article
The ecology and evolution of inducible defenses.
The Quarterly review of biology - 1 Sept 1990
Harvell C D
Abstract excerpt
Inducible defenses are responses activated through a previous encounter with a consumer or competitor that confer some degree of resistance to subsequent attacks. While the importance of inducible resistance has long been known in host-parasite interactions, it is only recently that its importanc...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Competitive Behavior
- Ecology
- Game Theory
- Memory
- Phenotype
- Predatory Behavior