Endophagous insects and structural niches on plants: Ecology and evolutionary consequences

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 292-299

  Eber, Sabine ^b   Knoll, Steffi ^c   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Assortative mating; Body sizes; Lixus elongatus; Population structure; Resource gradient; Structural niches

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; ENDOPHAGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NICHE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

CARDUUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; LIXUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 0032851433     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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