The consequences of alternating diet on performance and food preferences of a specialist leaf beetle

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 840-847

  Tremmel, Martin ^a   Müller, Caroline ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Dietary mixing; Integrative growth; Performance; Phaedon cochleariae; Preference

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSINOLATE; NITROGEN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANGIOSPERM; BEETLE; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HERB; HERBIVORE; HOST PLANT; HOST PREFERENCE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATURATION; METABOLITE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OVIPOSITION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIZATION; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BRASSICA; BRASSICACEAE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DIETARY MIXING; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; INTEGRATIVE GROWTH; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHAEDON COCHLEARIAE; PLANT LEAF; PREFERENCE;

BRASSICACEAE; DIETARY MIXING; INTEGRATIVE GROWTH; PERFORMANCE; PHAEDON COCHLEARIAE; PREFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BRASSICA; CARBON; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GLUCOSINOLATES; HERBIVORY; MALE; NITROGEN; OVIPOSITION; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICACEAE; PHAEDON COCHLEARIAE;

EID: 84879708145     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2013.05.009     Document Type: Article

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