Do pollen beetles need pollen? The effect of pollen on oviposition, survival, and development of a flower-feeding herbivore

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 164-173

  Cook, Samantha M ^a   Murray, Darren A ^a,b   Williams, Ingrid H ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b VSN International   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Diet; Facultative; Host selection; Meligethes aeneus; Obligate; Specialist

Indexed keywords

DIET; HERBIVORE; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; POLLEN; SURVIVAL;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MELIGETHES; MELIGETHES AENEUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 1942437988     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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