Seed growth suppression constrains the growth of seed parasites: Premature acorn abscission reduces Curculio elephas larval size

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-36

  Bonal, Raúl ^a,b   Muñoz, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acorn; Curculio; Granivorous insects; Larval size; Phenology; Plant insect interactions; Predispersal seed predation; Quercus; Seed abscission; Seed size

Indexed keywords

ABSCISSION; BEETLE; BODY SIZE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GRANIVORY; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITION; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEED PREDATION; SEED SIZE;

CURCULIO; CURCULIO ELEPHAS; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 38349158083     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00935.x     Document Type: Article

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