Multiple host use by a sap-sucking membracid: Population consequences of nymphal development on primary and secondary host plant species

Arthropod-Plant Interactions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-98

  Manners, Andrew G ^a   Walter, Gimme H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aconophora compressa; Biological control; Fiddlewood; Lantana; Polyphagy; Reciprocal host plant transfer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST USE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; WEED CONTROL;

ACONOPHORA COMPRESSA; CITHAREXYLUM; CITHAREXYLUM SPINOSUM; DURANTA ERECTA; GEISHA; HEXAPODA; LANTANA; MEMBRACIDAE;

EID: 67349103090     PISSN: 18728855     EISSN: 18728847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11829-009-9059-6     Document Type: Article

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