Potential and realized feeding niches of neotropical hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae, Cephaloleiini)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 224-229

  Descampe, A ^a   Meskens, C ^a   Pasteels, J ^b   Windsor, D ^c   Hance, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Cassidinae; Feeding niches; Hispinae; Trophic selection; Zingiberales

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; HOST RANGE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NICHE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TESTING METHOD;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; METABOLISM; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; PANAMA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; ZINGIBERALES;

CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HELICONIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MARANTACEAE; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 39749111870     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[224:PARFNO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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