Oviposition cues for a specialist butterfly-plant chemistry and size

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1202-1212

  Reudler Talsma, J H ^a,d   Biere, A ^a   Harvey, J A ^a   Van Nouhuys, S ^b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Corson Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivore; Iridoid glycosides; Melitaea cinxia; Oviposition; Plant size; Plantago lanceolata

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; IRIDOID;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BUTTERFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBIVORE; OVIPOSITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EGG LAYING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAGO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; IRIDOIDS; OVIPOSITION; PLANTAGO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HEXAPODA; MELITAEA CINXIA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 50449087721     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-008-9519-y     Document Type: Article

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