Adaptive Patterns of Host-Plant Selection by Phytophagous Insects

Oikos ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 79 (3) ◽  
pp. 417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Mayhew
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Phytophagous Insects ◽  
Plant Selection

The Role of Host Selection in the Ecology of Phytophagous Insects

1953 ◽  
Vol 85 (8) ◽  
pp. 276-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Thorsteinson
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Selection ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Phytophagous Insects ◽  
Phytophagous Insect ◽  
Ecological Significance ◽  
Plant Selection ◽  
Suitable Host

It is a commonplace entomological observation that each phytophagous insect is restricted in its feeding to a small fraction only of the plant species that grow in any area. This phenomenon is generally referred to as “host selection”. The ecological significance of host plant selection among insects is manifest principally in an effect on the geographical distribution of insect species since phytophagous insects can occur only where suitable host plants are available.

Does anti-parasitoid defense explain host-plant selection by a polyphagous caterpillar?

Oikos ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 554-562 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. S. Singer ◽  
J. O. Stireman III
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Plant Selection

Aboveground endophyte affects root volatile emission and host plant selection of a belowground insect

Oecologia ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 177 (2) ◽  
pp. 487-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Rostás ◽  
Michael G. Cripps ◽  
Patrick Silcock
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plant Selection ◽  
Plant Selection ◽  
Volatile Emission ◽  
Selection Of
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