Long- and Short-Term Effect of Cucurbitacin Consumption on Acalymma vittatum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Fitness

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 672-677

  Tallamy, Douglas W ^a   Gorski, Piotr M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acalymma vittatum; Cucurbitacins; Striped cucumber beetle

Indexed keywords

ACALYMMA VITTATUM; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0000899837     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.3.672     Document Type: Article

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