Variation in hostplant preference and performance by the milfoil weevil, Euhrychiopsis lecontei Dietz, exposed to native and exotic watermilfoils

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-75

  Solarz, Susan L ^a,b   Newman, Raymond M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater macrophyte; Hopkins' host selection; Host range; Myriophyllum; Oviposition preference

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HERBIVORY; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST RANGE; RANGE EXPANSION;

ACHILLEA; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUHRYCHIOPSIS LECONTEI; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SIBIRICUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM VERTICILLATUM;

EID: 0035036399     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000484     Document Type: Article

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