Oviposition-site choice is a major maternal effect by which females can affect the survival
and phenotype of their offspring. Across oviparous species, the ultimate reasons for females' …

Although fruit fly host status determination/designation lies at the heart of strategic decisions
on national and international trade of fruit and vegetables, all attempts thus far to define host …

The concept of the ecological trap, a low‐quality habitat that animals prefer over other
available habitats of higher quality, has appeared in the ecological literature irregularly for …

Maternal effects have become an important field of study in evolutionary ecology and there
is an ongoing debate regarding their adaptive significance. Some maternal effects can act to …

Ecological specialization is a fundamental and well‐studied concept, yet its great reach and
complexity limit current understanding in important ways. More than 20 years after the …

▪ Abstract Herbivore offense describes traits that allow herbivores to increase their feeding
and other uses of host plants when these uses benefit the herbivores. We argue that …

Among herbivorous insects with a complete metamorphosis the larval and adult stages
usually differ considerably in their nutritional requirements and food ecology. Often, feeding …

For highly specialized insect herbivores, plant chemical defenses are often co-opted as cues
for oviposition and sequestration. In such interactions, can plants evolve novel defenses …

Parents of most insects provide no care for their offspring beyond supplying the eggs with a
small amount of yolk and placing them in a location that is relatively safe from environmental …

When theory predicts which phenotypes are well adapted to a given environment, the data
do not always match the predictions. Host-plant selection by herbivorous insects is one such …