Disarming the paradox of sublethal plant defense against insects: Trirhabda virgata larval development time and leaf tissue loss on Solidago altissima

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-87

  Wise, Michael J ^a   Fox, Rebecca J ^b   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LYCOMING COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Goldenrod; Herbivory; Larval performance; Leaf area; Slow growth higher mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAF AREA; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ASTERACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA; TRIRHABDA VIRGATA;

EID: 33745065159     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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