Use of an exotic host plant affects mate choice in an insect herbivore

American Naturalist

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 805-810

  Forister, Matthew L ^a   Scholl, Cynthia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hierarchical Bayesian model; Introduced plant; Lycaeides melissa; Lycaenidae; Medicago sativa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALFALFA; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; CATERPILLAR; COLONIZATION; FECUNDITY; HERBIVORY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOST PLANT; HOST SPECIFICITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MATE CHOICE; NICHE BREADTH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLY; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; HERBIVORY; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

HEXAPODA; LYCAEIDES MELISSA; LYCAENIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84861399237     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665647     Document Type: Article

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