Host shifting by Operophtera brumata into novel environments leads to population differentiation in life-history traits

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 604-612

  Vanbergen, Adam J ^a,b   Raymond, Ben ^a,b   Pearce, Imogen S K ^a   Watt, Allan D ^a   Hails, Rosie S ^b   Hartley, Susan E ^a,c  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding trials; Host plants; Host range; Insect phenology; Larval performance; Local adaptation; Plant chemistry

Indexed keywords

HOST RANGE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; PICEA; PICEA SITCHENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0141924352     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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