Visual cues override olfactory cues in the host-finding process of the monophagous leaf beetle Altica engstroemi

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-88

  Stenberg, Johan A ^a   Ericson, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alticinae; Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Filipendula ulmaria; Habitat persistence; Olfaction; Rosaceae; Skeppsvik Archipelago

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOASSAY; HOST LOCATION; HOST PLANT; OLFACTORY CUE; STARVATION; VISUAL CUE;

ALTICA; ALTICINI; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FILIPENDULA; FILIPENDULA ULMARIA; HEXAPODA; ROSACEAE;

EID: 34548477434     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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