The evolutionary ecology of cheating: Does superficial oviposition facilitate the evolution of a cheater yucca moth?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-770

  Segraves, Kari A ^a   Althoff, David M ^a   Pellmyr, Olle ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Emergence; Exploitation; Obligate pollination mutualism; Oviposition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHEATING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FRUIT; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; MUTUALISM; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; POLLINATOR;

LEPIDOPTERA; PRODOXIDAE; TEGETICULA INTERMEDIA; YUCCA;

EID: 55349136615     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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