Experimental demography and the vital rates of generalist and specialist insect herbivores on native and novel host plants

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 976-989

  García Robledo, Carlos ^a,b   Horvitz, Carol C ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephaloleia; Demography; Exotic host plants; La Selva Biological Station; Native herbivores; Preadaptation; Zingiberales

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COLONIZATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; DIVERGENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FITNESS; GENERALIST; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; INSECT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MONOCOTYLEDON; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPECIALIST; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; COSTA RICA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; LONGEVITY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; ZINGIBERALES;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEETLES; COSTA RICA; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; GENETIC FITNESS; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; ZINGIBERALES;

COSTA RICA; LA SELVA BIOLOGICAL STATION; LIMON;

CEPHALOLEIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZINGIBERALES;

EID: 79960843689     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01843.x     Document Type: Article

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