Host plant exposure determines larval vulnerability - Do prey females know?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 391-395

  Tschanz, B ^a   Schmid, E ^a   Bacher, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cassida rubiginosa; Multitrophic; Oviposition habitat selection; Polistes dominulus; Predation

Indexed keywords

HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; PREDATION RISK;

CASSIDA RUBIGINOSA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; POLISTES DOMINULUS; POLISTINAE;

EID: 23444434348     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2005.00999.x     Document Type: Article

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