Costs and benefits of gregarious feeding in the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 548-555

  Wise, Michael J ^a   Kieffer, Dwight L ^a   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopidae; Herbivore dispersion; Herbivore performance; Trophic level; Xylem feeding

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; GROUP SIZE; HERB; INSECT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CERCOPIDAE; PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO CANADENSIS VAR. SCABRA;

EID: 33748628301     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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