Assessing larval food quality for phytophagous insects: Are the facts as simple as they appear?

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 592-600

  Moreau, J ^a,b   Benrey, B ^a   Thiery, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c BORDEAUX SCIENCES AGRO   (France)

Author keywords

Female reproductive output; Grapes; Larval performance; Lobesia botrana; Trade off

Indexed keywords

FOOD QUALITY; HOST PLANT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; LOBESIA BOTRANA; VITIS SP.;

EID: 33745860990     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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