The cost of being an omnivore: Mandible wear from plant feeding in a true bug

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 431-434

  Roitberg, Bernard D ^a   Gillespie, David R ^a,b   Quiring, Donald M J ^b   Alma, Colleen R ^a   Jenner, Wade H ^a,c   Perry, Jennifer ^a,d   Peterson, Jason H ^a,e   Salomon, Maxence ^a   Vanlaerhoven, Sherah ^a,b,f  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e KING S UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

FEEDING ECOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OMNIVORY; TRADE-OFF;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DIET; FEEDING; HEMIPTERA; INSECT; MANDIBLE; MASTICATION; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORY; PLANT; PREY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; EATING; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; MANDIBLE; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS; TOBACCO;

ANIMALIA; DICYPHUS HESPERUS; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MIRIDAE;

EID: 27644446008     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-005-0013-x     Document Type: Article

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