Ecological comparisons across geographical distributions: The thistle gall fly Urophora cardui (Diptera: Tephritidae) on two different Cirsium hosts

European Journal of Entomology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-189

  Frenzel, Mark ^a   Eber, Sabine ^b   Klotz, Stefan ^a   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Biogeographic patterns; C. setosum; Cirsium arvense; Eurytoma; Eurytomidae; Food web; Gall former; Parasitoids; Phytophagous insects; Tephritidae; Urophora cardui

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EUROPE;

ASTERACEAE; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; CIRSIUM SETOSUM; DIPTERA; EURYTOMA; EURYTOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE; UROPHORA CARDUI;

EID: 0033867685     PISSN: 12105759     EISSN: 18028829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/eje.2000.035     Document Type: Article

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