What limits predation rates by the specialist seed-feeder Penthobruchus germaini on an invasive shrub?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1600-1611

  Van Klinken, Rieks D ^a   Flack, Lloyd K ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent selection; Biological control of parkinsonia; Bruchidae; Egg parasitism; Insect plant interactions; Invasive plants; Oviposition behaviour; Predispersal seed predation; Temporal tracking inertia

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GRANIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; MORTALITY; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEED PREDATION; SHRUB; SPECIALIST; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEED CONTROL;

BRUCHINAE; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PARKINSONIA; PARKINSONIA ACULEATA;

EID: 54349108441     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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