Evidence for host-associated races in a gall-forming midge: Trade-offs in potential fecundity

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-102

  Rossi, Anthony M ^a   Stiling, Peter ^b   Cattell, Maria V ^b   Bowdish, Todd I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asphondylia borrichiae; Borrichia frutescens; Fecundity; Host associated race formation; Iva frutescens; Iva imbricata; Performance; Plant insect interactions

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; GALL; HOST PREFERENCE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RACE;

ASPHONDYLIA BORRICHIAE; BORRICHIA FRUTESCENS; DIPTERA; IVA FRUTESCENS; IVA IMBRICATA;

EID: 0032912893     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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