Geographic variation in host-specificity and parasitoid pressure of an herbivore (Geometridae) associated with the tropical genus Piper (Piperaceae)

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Connahs, Heidi ^a   Rodn'́guez Castañeda, Genoveva ^a   Walters, Toni ^b   Walla, Thomas ^b   Dyer, Lee ^c  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b and Mass Communication   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillars; Costa rica; Diet breadth; Ecuador; Elevation; Eois; Panama; Parasitism; Precipitation; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

BRACONIDAE; GEOMETRIDAE; PIPERACEAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOTH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIPERACEAE; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASP;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOTHS; PIPER; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WASPS;

EID: 67651089826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.2801     Document Type: Article

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