Covariance of phenotypically plastic traits induces an adaptive shift in host selection behaviour

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1603, 2006, Pages 2893-2899

  Henry, Lee M ^a   Roitberg, Bernard D ^a   Gillespie, David R ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Body size; Capture efficiency; Evolution; Host size preference; Linked traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; APHID; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY SIZE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; GENERALIST; HOST QUALITY; HOST SELECTION; HOST USE; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PARASITOID; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WASP;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APHID; APHIDUS ERVI; ARTICLE; AULACORTHUM SOLANI; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; HOST SELECTION; HYMENOPTERA; LIFESPAN; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOID; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPATION;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; APHIDIUS ERVI; AULACORTHUM SOLANI;

EID: 33751099587     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3672     Document Type: Article

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