Optimality modelling and quantitative genetics as alternatives to study the evolution of foraging behaviours in insect herbivores

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-305

  Carrière, Yves ^a   Roitberg, Bernard D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness function; Gene flow; Heterogeneous environments; Host acceptance; Host specificity; Insect foraging behaviours; Physiological state; Rank order of preference

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; INSECT HERBIVORE; OPTIMALITY MODELLING; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

EID: 0030479970     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237686     Document Type: Article

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