Maternal effects in an insect herbivore as a mechanism to adapt to host plant phenology

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1103-1109

  Van Asch, Margriet ^a,c   Julkunen Tiito, Riita ^b   Visser, Marcel E ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development time; Insect herbivore; Maternal effects; Oak; Phenology; Seasonal timing; Winter moth

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HATCHING DATE; HOST PLANT; LIFE HISTORY; MATERNAL EFFECT; MOTH; PHENOLOGY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 78149338338     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01734.x     Document Type: Article

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