Interaction of foliage and larval age influences preference and performance of a geometrid caterpillar

Canadian Entomologist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-144

  Pinault, Lauren ^a,b   Thurston, Graham ^a,c   Quiring, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CATERPILLAR; CONIFEROUS TREE; FITNESS; FOLIAGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; MOTH; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; ONTOGENY; PEST OUTBREAK; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

CONIUM; GEOMETRIDAE; HEXAPODA; IRIDOPSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; PINACEAE; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 70349106608     PISSN: 0008347X     EISSN: 19183240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4039/n08-052     Document Type: Article

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