Do larvae of species in macrolepidopteran assemblages share traits that influence susceptibility to parasitism?

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329-336

  Barbosa, Pedro ^a   Caldas, Astrid ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Associational susceptibility; Categorical tree analyses; Larval color; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATERPILLAR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HERBIVORE; INSECT; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITISM; PARASITOID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

HEXAPODA; MACROLEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 34249078499     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[329:DLOSIM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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