Gall-inducing insects provide insights into plant systematic relationships

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1159-1165

  Abrahamson, Warren G ^a,b   Melika, George ^a,d   Scrafford, Robert ^a   Csóka, György ^c  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^d Systematic Parasitoid Laboratory   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Classification; Cynipidae; Fagaceae; Gall; Host plant association; Insect plant interactions; Quercus; Systematics

Indexed keywords

GALL INSECT; HOST SPECIFICITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CYNIPIDAE; FAGACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032229711     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446348     Document Type: Article

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