The importance of specialist natural enemies for Chrysomela lapponica in pioneering a new host plant

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 584-593

  Gross, Jürgen ^a,c   Fatouros, Nina E ^a   Neuvonen, Seppo ^b   Hilker, Monika ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chrysomela lapponica; Chrysomelidae; Host shift; Parasitoid; Predator; Selection; Specialisation

Indexed keywords

HOST PLANT; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ANIMALIA; BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CHRYSOMELA; CHRYSOMELA LAPPONICA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; CHRYSOMELINAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; PARASYRPHUS; PARASYRPHUS NIGRITARSIS; SALICACEAE; SALIX; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 5344279153     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0307-6946.2004.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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