Adaptation of a generalist moth, Operophtera brumata, to variable budburst phenology of host plants

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 123-133

  Tikkanen, Olli Pekka ^a   Lyytikäinen Saarenmaa, Päivi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Host adaptation; Insect herbivory; Operophtera brumata; Phenological synchrony; Plant phenology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BUDBURST; HATCHING; HOST PLANT; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PADUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0036588582     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.2002.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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