Variability in host-plant quality for the larvae of a polyphagous insect folivore in midseason: The impact of light on three deciduous sapling species

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Osier, T L ^a   Jennings, S M ^a,b  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Callosamia promethea; Lepidoptera; Light availability; Prunus serotina; Sassafras albidum; Saturniidae

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; FEEDING; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; LARVA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MOTH; NITROGEN; SAPLING;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CALLOSAMIA PROMETHEA; HEXAPODA; LAURACEAE; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; ROSACEAE; SAPINDACEAE; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 34247393173     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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