Removal of lichen secondary metabolites affects food choice and survival of lichenivorous moth larvae

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2623-2632

  Pöykkö, Heikki ^a   Hyvärinen, Marko ^a   Bačkor, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antiherbivore compounds; Arctiidae; Eilema depressum; Foliose lichens; Food preference and host use; Hypogymnia physodes; Lichenivorous moth larvae; Parmelia sulcata; Secondary metabolites; Survival; Vulpicida pinastri; Xanthoria parietina

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HOST SELECTION; HOST USE; LICHEN; SECONDARY METABOLITE;

ARCTIIDAE; EILEMA; EMBRYOPHYTA; HYPOGYMNIA PHYSODES; LEPIDOPTERA; PARMELIA SULCATA; VULPICIDA PINASTRI; XANTHORIA PARIETINA;

EID: 26044445475     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1632     Document Type: Article

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