The impact of leaf shape on the feeding preference of insect herbivores: Experimental and field studies with Capsella and Phyllotreta

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1348, 1996, Pages 1671-1677

  Rivero Lynch, A P ^a  

^a An Institute of CAB International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; CAPSELLA; CAPSELLA BURSA PASTORIS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; OTIORHYNCHUS SULCATUS; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PHYLLOTRETA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPODOPTERA; CAPSELLA BURSA-PASTORIS; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CRUCIFERAE; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

CATERPILLAR; FEEDING PREFERENCE; FLEA BEETLE; LEAF SHAPE; SHEPHERD'S PURSE; VINE WEEVIL;

EID: 0030439995     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1996.0149     Document Type: Article

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