Host plant utilization and population abundance of three tropical species of Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 681-696

  Nogueira De Sá, Flávia ^a   Vasconcellos Neto, João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Cassidinae; Chrysomelidae; Feeding resources; Host plant; Population fluctuation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOST PLANT; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; STOLAS;

EID: 0037457217     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930110096753     Document Type: Article

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