Host suitability, respiration rate and the outcome of larval competition in strains of the cowpea weevil, Callosobruchus maculatus

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 298-305

  Guedes, Raul Narciso C ^b   Smith, Robert H ^a   Guedes, Nelsa Maria P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Coleoptera; Competition; Legume seed beetles; Oxygen uptake; Vigna radiata; Vigna unguiculata

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; HOST SELECTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESPIRATION;

BRUCHINAE; CALLOSOBRUCHUS; CALLOSOBRUCHUS MACULATUS; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); VIGNA; VIGNA RADIATA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 0346305979     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2003.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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