Developmental instability in a stem-mining sawfly: Can fluctuating asymmetry detect plant host stress in a model system?

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 505-513

  Cárcamo, Héctor A ^a   Floate, Kevin D ^a   Lee, Byron L ^a   Beres, Brian L ^a   Clarke, Fran R ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomonitor; Cephus cinctus; Fitness index; Insect plant interactions; Plant host quality

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; DETECTION METHOD; FITNESS; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; FLY; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYMENOPTERA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; WHEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HYMENOPTERA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT STEMS; TRITICUM; WING;

CEPHUS CINCTUS; HEXAPODA; SYMPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43349106801     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1009-y     Document Type: Article

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