Effect of vegetation density, height, and connectivity on the oviposition pattern of the leaf beetle Galeruca tanaceti

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-146

  Randlkofer, Barbara ^a   Jordan, Florian ^a   Mitesser, Oliver ^b   Meiners, Torsten ^a   Obermaier, Elisabeth ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Coleoptera; Eulophidae; Hymenoptera; Oomyzus galerucivorus; Tansy leaf beetle; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; CLUTCH SIZE; CONNECTIVITY; HERBIVORE; NATURAL ENEMY; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EULOPHIDAE; GALERUCA TANACETI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; OOMYZUS GALERUCIVORUS; POACEAE; TANACETUM VULGARE;

EID: 67749113773     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2009.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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