Nectar-providing plants enhance the energetic state of herbivores as well as their parasitoids under field conditions

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Winkler, Karin ^a,b   Wäckers, Felix ^c   Pinto, Delia M ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diadegma semiclausum; Field margin; Food; Honeydew; Nectar; Nutritional state; Plutella xylostella

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; DICOTYLEDON; FIELD MARGIN; FLOWERING; FLY; HONEYDEW; LABORATORY METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOTH; NECTARIVORY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEST SPECIES; SUGAR;

ANETHUM GRAVEOLENS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA JACEA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; DIADEGMA SEMICLAUSUM; FAGOPYRUM ESCULENTUM; HEXAPODA; LOBULARIA MARITIMA; LOLIUM PERENNE; PLUTELLA XYLOSTELLA;

EID: 60849088271     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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