Can mechanism help explain insect host choice?

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 244-251

  Cunningham, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antennal lobe; Host selection; Information processing; Odours; Olfaction

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEEDING; FITNESS; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST SELECTION; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; ODOR; OLFACTORY CUE; PERCEPTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTENNA (ORGAN); EGG LAYING; EVOLUTION; INSECT; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; INSECTS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84855854239     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02435.x     Document Type: Review

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