Mismatch between the timing of oviposition and the seasonal optimum. The stochastic phenology of Mediterranean acorn weevils

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-278

  Bonal, Raul ^a   Muñoz, Alberto ^b   María Espelta, Josep ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acorn; Adult emergence; Curculio; Oviposition; Phenology; Stochastic events; Temperature; Timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OVIPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STOCHASTICITY;

CURCULIO; CURCULIO ELEPHAS; CURCULIO VENOSUS; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77953671081     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01178.x     Document Type: Article

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