Clutch size and larval performance of pollen beetles on different host plants

Oikos

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 56-64

  Ekbom, Barbara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLUTCH SIZE; HOST PREFERENCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NIGRA; COLEOPTERA; ERUCA SATIVA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NITIDULIDAE; SINAPIS ALBA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0031754329     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546546     Document Type: Article

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