Nectar and pollen feeding by insect herbivores and implications for multitrophic interactions

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2007, Pages 301-323

  Wäckers, Felix L ^a   Romeis, Jörg ^b   Van Rijn, Paul ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Floral resources; Indirect interactions; Plant herbivore interactions; Population structure

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; OVIPOSITION; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33846362978     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.52.110405.091352     Document Type: Review

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