Catching a red herring: autumn colours and aphids Export

@article{citeulike:6017871, abstract = {The purpose of this note is not to support any particular hypothesis explaining the evolution of red coloured autumn leaves, but to present evidence that shows existing knowledge does not support one such hypothesis 2013 that red coloured leaves evolved as a signal to protect trees from aphids feeding and laying eggs on them in autumn. An alternative hypothesis is that autumn-feeding aphids are senescence-feeders, evolved to feed only on senescing leaves. These aphids are programmed to detect and feed on such leaves when they are still green and yellow and actively exporting their nutrients. Aphids reject or ignore red leaves because they are no longer good food, not because they are protecting the trees from the aphids.}, author = {White, T. C. R.}, citeulike-article-id = {6017871}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17983.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/122655706/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17983.x}, issn = {1600-0706}, journal = {Oikos}, keywords = {aphids, autumn-colour, leaf-senescence}, number = {11}, pages = {1610--1612}, posted-at = {2009-10-28 09:50:50}, priority = {2}, title = {Catching a red herring: autumn colours and aphids}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17983.x}, volume = {118}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6017871 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6017871 N2 - The purpose of this note is not to support any particular hypothesis explaining the evolution of red coloured autumn leaves, but to present evidence that shows existing knowledge does not support one such hypothesis 2013 that red coloured leaves evolved as a signal to protect trees from aphids feeding and laying eggs on them in autumn. An alternative hypothesis is that autumn-feeding aphids are senescence-feeders, evolved to feed only on senescing leaves. These aphids are programmed to detect and feed on such leaves when they are still green and yellow and actively exporting their nutrients. Aphids reject or ignore red leaves because they are no longer good food, not because they are protecting the trees from the aphids. IS - 11 JF - Oikos SN - 1600-0706 EP - 1612 TI - Catching a red herring: autumn colours and aphids VL - 118 SP - 1610 KW - aphids KW - autumn-colour KW - leaf-senescence AU - White, TCR PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17983.x ER -