Geographic biotype and host-associated local adaptation in a polyphagous species, Lambdina fiscellaria (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) feeding on balsam fir on Anticosti Island, Canada

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 619-627

  Hebert C ^a   Berthiaume, R ^b   Bauce, E ^b   Brodeur, J ^c  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fitness trade off; Geographic biotype; Geographic isolation; Geometridae; Growth related index; Island ecology; Lambdina fiscellaria; Local adaptation; Polyphagous Lepidoptera; Specialization

Indexed keywords

BIOTYPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; ISOLATION EFFECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MOTH; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANTICOSTI ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER SACCHARUM; CONIUM; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; LAMBDINA FISCELLARIA; LEPIDOPTERA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

ABIES; ACER; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TSUGA;

ABIES; ACER; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MOTHS; QUEBEC; TSUGA;

EID: 33847770516     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/BER2006464     Document Type: Article

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