Adaptive learning of host preference in a herbivorous arthropod

Ecology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 190-195

  Egas, M ^a   Sabelis, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive learning; Cucumber; Evolution of specialization; Experience; Host race formation; Phytophagous arthropod; Preference performance relationship; Tetranychus urticae; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FITNESS; HERBIVORE; HOST PREFERENCE; LEARNING;

EID: 0034994443     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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