Insect herbivores: Different reasons for being a generalist

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1157-1169

  Bernays, E A ^a   Minkenberg, O P J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bemisia; Dietary mixing; Estigmene; Generalist; Heliothis; Hemiptera; Herbivore; Lepidoptera; Lygus; O rthoptera; Polyphagy; Thyanta; Trichoplusia

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA; ESTIGMENE; HELIOTHIS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYGUS; ORTHOPTERA; THYANTA; TRICHOPLUSIA;

DIETARY MIXING; GENERALIST HERBIVORE; INSECT HERBIVORE;

EID: 0030613890     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1157:IHDRFB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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