The pollen beetle, Meligethes aeneus, changes egg production rate to match host quality

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 274-278

  Hopkins, Richard J ^a   Ekbom, Barbara ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Egg load; Host switching; Meligethes aeneus; Oogenesis; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; EGG PRODUCTION; HOST QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NIGRA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIGETHES AENEUS; NITIDULIDAE; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0032807630     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008823     Document Type: Article

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