The evolution of larval foraging behaviour in response to host plant variation in a leaf beetle

Oikos

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-512

  Gotthard, Karl ^a,b   Margraf, Nicolas ^a   Rasmann, Sergio ^a   Rahier, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST USE; LARVA; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ADENOSTYLES; ADENOSTYLES ALLIARIAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CIRSIUM SPINOSISSIMUM; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OREINA ELONGATA;

EID: 17444420378     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2005.14074.x     Document Type: Review

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