Performance of a spring-feeding moth in relation to time of oviposition and bud-burst phenology of different host species

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-327

  Klemola, Tero ^a   Ruohomäki, Kai ^a   Tanhuanpää, Miia ^a   Kaitaniemi, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Egg hatch; Epirrita autumnata; Fecundity; Geometridae; Host plant quality; Oviposition; Parasitoids; Phenology; Survival

Indexed keywords

BET-HEDGING; BUDBURST; HATCHING; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; SYNCHRONY;

EPIRRITA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; GEOMETRIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0038010214     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00520.x     Document Type: Article

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