Biology of insects that feed in the inflorescences of chionochloa (poaceae) in new zealand and their relevance to mast seeding

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 89-101

  McKone, Mark J ^a,b   Kelly, Dave ^a   Harrison, Andrea L ^a   Sullivan, Jon J ^a,c   Cone, Angela J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cecidomyiidae; Chionochloa (poaceae); Diplotoxa similis (diptera: chloropidae); Distribution; Host range; Insect flower feeding; Mast seeding; Megacraspedus calamogonus (lepidoptera: gelechiidae); New zealand grassland; Predispersal seed predation; Seasonal phenology

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PHENOLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

CECIDOMYIIDAE; CHIONOCHLOA PALLENS; CHLOROPIDAE; DIPLOTOXA SIMILIS; DIPTERA; GELECHIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MEGACRASPEDUS CALAMOGONUS;

EID: 0035006526     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9518259     Document Type: Article

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