Testing the nutrition hypothesis for the adaptive nature of insect galls: Does a non-adapted herbivore perform better in galls?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-393

  Diamond, Sarah E ^a,b   Blair, Catherine P ^a   Abrahamson, Warren G ^a  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Eurosta solidaginis; Gall insect; Gall nutrition hypothesis; Goldenrod; Nutritional ecology; Plant insect interactions; Solidago gigantea

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; MOTH; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; TESTING METHOD;

EUROSTA SOLIDAGINIS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PTEROPHORIDAE; SOLIDAGO; SOLIDAGO GIGANTEA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 43049085897     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00979.x     Document Type: Article

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