How foraging tactics determine host-plant use by a polyphagous caterpillar

Oecologia

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 98-105

  Singer, M ^a   Stireman III, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding preference; Foraging tactics; Host plant use; Sampling; Selective feeding

Indexed keywords

FOOD PREFERENCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST USE;

ANIMALIA; ARCTIIDAE; GRAMMIA; GRAMMIA GENEURA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; POACEAE;

EID: 0034789350     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100707     Document Type: Article

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