Do leaf shelters always protect caterpillars from invertebrate predators?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 753-757

  Jones, Meg T ^a   Castellanos, Ignacio ^b   Weiss, Martha R ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Epargyreus; Polistes; Skipper; Wasp

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHELTER;

CREMATOGASTER OPUNTIAE; EPARGYREUS; EPARGYREUS CLARUS; FORMICIDAE; HESPERIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; POLISTES; SCOMBERESOX SAURUS SAURUS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 18744405758     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2002.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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