A meta-analysis of preference-performance relationships in phytophagous insects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 383-393

  Gripenberg, Sofia ^a   Mayhew, Peter J ^b   Parnell, Mark ^b   Roslin, Tomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

'Mother knows best' principle; Female preference; Herbivore; Host selection; Meta analysis; Na ve adaptationist hypothesis; Offspring performance; Optimal oviposition theory; Plant quality

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; HERBIVORE; HOST QUALITY; HOST SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; META-ANALYSIS; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; OVIPOSITION;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; INSECT; META ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77949892839     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01433.x     Document Type: Review

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