Effects of maternal diet and host quality on oviposition patterns and offspring performance in a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 609-615

  González Teuber, Marcia ^a   Segovia, Ricardo ^b   Gianoli, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bruchidae; Egg size; Host quality; Maternal effects; Megacerus eulophus; Seed size

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DIET; EGG SIZE; EMERGENCE; HOST PLANT; HOST QUALITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; NUTRITION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WEED;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CALYSTEGIA; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLVULACEAE; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG LAYING; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEGACERUS EULOPHUS; NONHUMAN; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; OVIPOSITION; OVUM; SEEDS;

BRUCHINAE; CALYSTEGIA SEPIUM; COLEOPTERA; CONVOLVULACEAE; EULOPHUS; MEGACERUS;

EID: 46149100264     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0361-4     Document Type: Article

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