Does enemy-free space for eggs contribute to a leaf beetle’s oviposition preference for a nutritionally inferior host plant?

By P. Ballabeni, M. Włodarczyk, M. Rahier. 2001

96 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Plant Science

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Michael S. Singer
2. John O Stireman Iii
3. Hans-Joachim Poethke

In Insect Science

1. Michael S. Singer
2. John O Stireman Iii

In Plant Science

1. Michael S. Singer
2. John O Stireman Iii

Citations in the corpus

• Selection of large host plants for oviposition by a monophagous leaf beetle: nutritional quality or enemy‐free space? (2005, background): “…the influence of higher trophic levels on oviposition site choice, as nutritionally inferior host plants may be chosen when they provide enemy-free space for the offspring (Hawkins et al., 1993; Björkman et al., 1997; Ballabeni et al., 2001; Obermaier et al., 2001; Singer & Stireman, 2003).”
• The tri-trophic niche concept and adaptive radiation of phytophagous insects (2005, background): “For example, Oreina elongata leaf beetles perform better (physiologically) on the host plant Adenostyles alliariae, however, they prefer Cirsium spinosissimum, a host on which eggs experience lower levels of mortality in the field (Ballabeni et al. 2001).”