Life-history consequences and disease resistance of western tent caterpillars in response to localised, herbivore-induced changes in alder leaf quality

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-67

  Sarfraz, Rana M ^a   Cory, Jenny S ^b   Myers, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Disease resistance; Forest Lepidoptera; Herbivore fitness; Localised induced resistance; Western tent caterpillars

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FECUNDITY; FITNESS; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; INDUCED RESPONSE; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; MOTH; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL; VIRUS;

ALNUS; ALNUS RUBRA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA CALIFORNICUM;

EID: 84873119138     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01404.x     Document Type: Article

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