Preference for protected feeding sites by larvae of the willow-feeding leaf beetle Galerucella lineola

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 445-452

  Larsson, Stig ^a   Häggström, Håkan E ^a   Denno, Robert F ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Insect plant relationships; Plant morphology; Predation; Relative humidity; Salix viminalis; Temperature

Indexed keywords

FEEDING PREFERENCE; LEAF SHELTER; WILLOW-FEEDING LEAF BEETLE;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GALERUCELLA LINEOLA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SALICACEAE; SALIX; SALIX VIMINALIS;

EID: 18244424746     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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