Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of Macaranga ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence.
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- 2025 Jun
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@article{allodium:10.1098/rsbl.2025.0005,
title = {Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of Macaranga ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence.},
author = {Chowdhury R and Grafe TU and Metali F and Federle W},
year = {2025},
journal = {Biology letters},
doi = {10.1098/rsbl.2025.0005},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0005}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of Macaranga ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence. AU - Chowdhury R AU - Grafe TU AU - Metali F AU - Federle W PY - 2025 JO - Biology letters DO - 10.1098/rsbl.2025.0005 UR - https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0005 ER -
APA
R, C., TU, G., F, M., & W, F. (2025). Arms race of physical defences: hooked trichomes of Macaranga ant-plants kill lycaenid caterpillars, but one specialist has a counter-defence.. Biology letters. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2025.0005
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