Long term oviposition preference and larval performance of Schizomyia macrocapillata (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on larger shoots of its host plant Bauhinia brevipes (Fabaceae)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-137

  Santos, Jean Carlos ^a   Silveira, Fernando A O ^a   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bottom up and top down forces; Herbivory; Host selection; Insect galls; Mortality factors; Plant Vigor Hypothesis; Preference performance

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLY; HOST PLANT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEGUME; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; OVIPOSITION; SURVIVAL;

BAUHINIA; BAUHINIA BREVIPES; CECIDOMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; SCHIZOMYIA;

EID: 37249079260     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-007-9162-z     Document Type: Article

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