Choice of oviposition sites by Manduca sexta and its consequences for egg and larval performance

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-293

  Potter, Kristen A ^a   Bronstein, Judith ^a   Davidowitz, Goggy ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Datura wrightii; First instar; Growth rate; Herbivory; Intraplant movement; Leaf size; Lepidoptera; Microclimate; Preference performance hypothesis; Sphingidae; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; EGG PREDATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FITNESS; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; HERBIVORY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LARVA; LEAF; MICROCLIMATE; MOBILITY; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

DATURA; DATURA WRIGHTII; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANDUCA SEXTA; SOLANACEAE; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 84864378094     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2012.01289.x     Document Type: Article

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