Insect oviposition plasticity in response to host availability: The case of the tephritid fruit fly bactrocera dorsalis

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 446-452

  Xu, Lingling ^a   Zhou, Chunmeng ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a   Zhang, Peifen ^a   Tang, Ying ^a   Xu, Yijuan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg laying; Lifetime trade offs; Oviposition plasticity; Tephritid fruit fly

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CLUTCH SIZE; FITNESS; FLY; HOST LOCATION; OVIPOSITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84870390584     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01383.x     Document Type: Article

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