Nectar usage in a southern Arizona hawkmoth community

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 503-509

  Alarcón, Ruben ^a,b   Davidowitz, Goggy ^a   Bronstein, Judith L ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Hawkmoth community; Host plant; Hyles Manduca; Nectar; Pollination; Sphingidae

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET; DOMINANCE; FLOWERING; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY; MOTH; NECTAR; POLLINATOR; RESOURCE USE; SEMIARID REGION;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGAVACEAE; AGAVE; AGAVE PALMERI; DATURA; DATURA WRIGHTII; HYLES; HYLES LINEATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANDUCA; MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 64549122901     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2008.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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