Effects of plant nutrient availability and host plant species on the performance of two Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 505-513

  Hwang, Shaw Yhi ^a   Liu, Cheng Hsiang ^a   Shen, Tse Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glucosinolates; Host plant species; Nitrogen; Nutrient ecology; Pieris canidia canidia; Pieris rapae crucivora; Water

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GLUCOSE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS (BUTTERFLY); PIERIS CANIDIA; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 44649094467     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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