Resource specialization in a phytophagous insect: No evidence for genetically based performance trade-offs across hosts in the field or laboratory

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 907-912

  Agosta, S J ^a,b   Klemens, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecological fitting; Genetic covariance; Growth; Host range; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FIELDWORK; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; HOST PLANT; HOST RANGE; LARVA; MOTH; RANGE EXPANSION; RECOLONIZATION; SPECIALIZATION; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF; VIGOR;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; COSTA RICA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; ROTHSCHILDIA;

EID: 62449288565     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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