Growth and development of a generalist insect herbivore, Operophtera brumata, on original and alternative host plants

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-536

  Tikkanen, Olli Pekka ^a   Niemelä, Pekka ^a   Keränen, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Female fecundity; Host adaptation; Operophtera brumata; Polyphagy

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HERBIVORE; INSECT; ONTOGENY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; POPULUS TREMULA; PRUNUS PADUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; SALIX PHYLICIFOLIA;

EID: 0034030181     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050976     Document Type: Article

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