Flower choices by raspberry beetles: Cues for feeding and oviposition

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 819-827

  Willmer, P G ^a   Gordon, S C ^b   Wishart, J ^b   Hughes, J P ^c   Matthews, I M ^a   Woodford, J A T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CULTIVAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLOWER; HOST PREFERENCE; OVIPOSITION;

BYTURIDAE; BYTURUS TOMENTOSUS; COLEOPTERA; RUBUS IDAEUS;

EID: 0031760627     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0888     Document Type: Article

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