Performance of two monophagous leaf feeding beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on each other's host plant: Do intrinsic factors determine host plant specialization?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 403-419

  Keese, M C ^a,b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic correlations; Herbivory; Host specialization; Larval performance; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIOURAL FACTOR; HERBIVORE; HOST SPECIFICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

AMBROSIA ARTEMISIFOLIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; IVA FRUTESCENS; OPHRAELLA NOTULATA; OPHRAELLA SLOBODKINI;

EID: 0031850984     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000360050096     Document Type: Article

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