Intraspecific competition in the goldenrod ball-gallmaker (Eurosta solidaginis): Larval mortality, adult fitness, ovipositional and host-plant response

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-133

  Hess, Matthew D ^a,b   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a   Brown, Jonathan M ^a,c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grinnell College ^*  (United States)

^c GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; DIPTERA; EUROSTA SOLIDAGINIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0029910970     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426637     Document Type: Article

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