How host plant variability influences the advantages to learning: A theoretical model for oviposition behaviour in Lepidoptera

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 404-410

  Cunningham, J Paul ^a   West, Stuart A ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Host selection; Insect; Pest; Polyphagous

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOST PLANT; HOST SELECTION; LEARNING; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PREDICTION; TESTING METHOD; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; EGG LAYING; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEARNING; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; LEARNING; LEPIDOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 40849085100     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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