Specialist pollinating seed predator exhibits oviposition strategy consistent with optimal oviposition theory

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 164-172

  Castillo, Dean M ^a,b   Kula, Abigail A R ^b,c   Fenster, Kathryn A D ^b,d   Fenster, Charles B ^b,c   Dudash, Michele R ^b,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hadena; Larval performance; Nursery pollination; Oviposition preference; Silene

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOTH; OVIPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLINATION; SEED PREDATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84874999804     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12003     Document Type: Article

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