Conserved oviposition preferences in alpine leaf beetle populations despite host shifts and isolation

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Verdon, Aline ^a   Margraf, Nicolas ^a   Davison, Anthony C ^b   Rahier, Martine ^a   Naisbit, Russell E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Host plant choice; Insect plant interactions; Intra specific biodiversity; Local adaptation; Oreina elongata

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIETARY SHIFT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MATERNAL CARE; NATURAL SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ADENOSTYLES; ADENOSTYLES ALLIARIAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CIRSIUM; CIRSIUM SPINOSISSIMUM; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; OREINA ELONGATA;

EID: 33846815036     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2006.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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