Resource manipulation through architectural modification of the host plant by a gall-forming weevil Urodontus scholtzi Louw (Coleoptera: Anthribidae)

African Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-110

  Price, P W ^a   Louw, S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Galenia africana; Gall forming; Plant architecture; Resource manipulation; Urodontus scholtzi

Indexed keywords

URODONLUS SCHOLTZI;

EID: 0030449136     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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