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

Oviposition substrate selection, egg mass characteristics, host preference, and life history of
Lycorma delicatula (White)(Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) were studied in Pennsylvania between …

1. The annual herb Arabidopsis thaliana is a prime model organism of plant molecular
genetics, and is currently used to explore the molecular basis of resistance to herbivores …

1. A substantial amount of research on host‐plant selection by insect herbivores is focused
around the preference–performance hypothesis (PPH). To date, the majority of studies have …

1. Oviposition site selection is crucial for the reproductive success of herbivorous insects.
According to the preference–performance hypothesis, females should oviposit on host …

For the majority of insects, a female's choice of oviposition site (s) greatly influences both the
success of individual offspring and her own total fitness. Theory predicts that females most …

Insects respond to very low levels of nutritional and non‐nutritional compounds in plants,
which influence their acceptance and colonisation of the plant or plant part, and thereby their …

MICHAEL S. SINGER ecological constraints can explain host specificity or polyphagy at the
species (or lower) level, nested within a clade with either broad or restricted host-plant use …

By altering myriad aspects of leaf chemistry, increasing concentrations of CO 2 and O 3 in
the atmosphere derived from human activities may fundamentally alter the relationships …

Host selection is central to understanding the evolution of the interaction between
herbivorous insects and host plants. Most studies on host selection of herbivorous insects …