Cynipid gall-wasp communities correlate with oak chemistry

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 209-223

  Abrahamson, Warren G ^a,b   Hunter, Mark D ^c   Melika, George ^d   Price, Peter W ^e  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynipidae; Fagaceae; Gall; Herbivore communities; Host plant association; Insect plant interactions; Ordination; Plant chemistry; Quercus

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELLULOSE; HEMICELLULOSE; LIGNIN; NITROGEN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GALL INSECT; HOST SELECTION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EGG LAYING; HERBIVORY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OAK; ORDINATION ANALYSIS; ORGANISM COLONY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT INSECT INTERACTION; PLANT LEAF; WASP;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HYMENOPTERA; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUERCUS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CYNIPIDAE; FAGACEAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; PLACIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS CHAPMANII; QUERCUS GEMINATA; QUERCUS INOPINA; QUERCUS LAEVIS; QUERCUS MINIMA; QUERCUS MYRTIFOLIA; QUERCUS RUBRA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0037271989     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021993017237     Document Type: Article

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