Asymmetric oviposition behaviour and the influence of larval competition in the two pyralid moths Ephestia kuehniella and Plodia interpunctella

Oikos

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-56

  Anderson, P ^a   Lofqvist J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHESTIA KUEHNIELLA; PLODIA INTERPUNCTELLA; ANAGASTA KUEHNIELLA; EPHESTIA; KUEHNIELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE;

COMPETITION; LARVAL COMPETITION; OVIPOSITION BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030442645     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545747     Document Type: Article

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