Does fecundity drive the evolution of insect diet?

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 533-538

  Agnew, Kelly ^a   Singer, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; DIET; FECUNDITY; HOST QUALITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 0034013750     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880309.x     Document Type: Article

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