Host plant specialization driven by sexual selection

American Naturalist

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 830-836

  Quental, Tiago B ^a   Patten, Manus M ^a   Pierce, Naomi E ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet breadth; Host shift; Lepidoptera; Maternal effects; Pheromone; Specialization

Indexed keywords

DIET; HOST PLANT; INSECT; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX PHEROMONE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIALIZATION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALS; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SEX ATTRACTANTS;

EID: 34248352043     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516654     Document Type: Review

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