Compensatory feeding in Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in response to variation in host plant quality

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1062-1069

  Lavoie, Bethann ^a   Oberhauser, Karen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asclepias syriaca; Compensatory feeding; Danaus plexippus; Monarch butterflies; Plant nitrogen

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; HOST QUALITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

ASCLEPIAS; ASCLEPIAS SYRIACA; DANAUS PLEXIPPUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PLEXIPPUS;

EID: 4344711734     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-33.4.1062     Document Type: Article

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