Reduction of oviposition time and enhanced larval feeding: Two potential benefits of aggregative oviposition for the viburnum leaf beetle

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-132

  Desurmont, Gaylord A ^a   Weston, Paul A ^a,b   Agrawal, Anurag A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits of group feeding; Feeding strategies; Improved host use; Nutritional ecology; Oviposition behaviour; Social stimulation; Subsocial insects

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONSPECIFIC; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HOST USE; LARVA; LEAF; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVIPOSITION;

ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; HEXAPODA; PYRRHALTA VIBURNI; VIBURNUM;

EID: 84891833002     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/een.12073     Document Type: Article

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