Habitat quality ranking depends on habitat-independent environmental factors: A model and results from Callosobruchus maculatus

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-254

  Kawecki, T J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat choice; herbivorous insects; life history; niche evolution; predation

Indexed keywords

CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; BRUCHIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

HABITAT CHOICE; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EID: 0030620332     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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