Testing the Preference-Performance Hypothesis in Phytophagous Insects: Lessons from Chrysanthemum Leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-52

  Mayhew, Peter J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatomyia syngenesiae; Host plant selection; Off spring fitness; Opposition preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001916438     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.1.45     Document Type: Article

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