Host plant use in sympatric closely related flea beetles

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 468-474

  Xue, Huai Jun ^a   Yang, Xing Ke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Fitness; Flea beetle; Host fidelity; Host plant use; Sympatry

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; FITNESS; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST USE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ALTICA; ALTICINI; COLEOPTERA; DUCHESNEA INDICA; HEXAPODA; POTENTILLA; POTENTILLA CHINENSIS; ROSACEAE; ROSOIDEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 34249090693     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[468:HPUISC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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