Group size in a gregarious tortoise beetle: Patterns of oviposition vs. larval behaviour

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Costa, Juan F ^a   Cosio, Walter ^a   Gianoli, Ernesto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cassidinae; Chelymorpha varians; Chrysomelidae; Cluster size; Coleoptera; Gregarious behaviour; Growth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEETLE; CONSPECIFIC; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; OVIPOSITION;

CALYSTEGIA; CALYSTEGIA SEPIUM; CASSIDINAE; CHELYMORPHA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CONVOLVULACEAE;

EID: 35348975097     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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