Plant quality or quantity? Host exploitation strategies in three Chrysomelidae species associated with Asteraceae host plants

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-177

  Obermaier, Elisabeth ^b   Zwölfer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Chrysomelidae; Herbivory; Life history; Nitrogen; Plant quality; Season

Indexed keywords

HOST QUALITY; HOST SELECTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION;

ACHILLEA; ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM; ANIMALIA; ASTERACEAE; CARDUEAE; CASSIDA; CASSIDA RUBIGINOSA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA SCABIOSA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM ARVENSE; COLEOPTERA; GALERUCA; GALERUCA TANACETI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OREINA; OREINA LUCTUOSA; SCABIOSA;

EID: 0345425795     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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