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RESEARCH LITERATURE

The Research Literature database was created and funded by the Florida Wildflower Foundation. Use the search features below to find scientific articles on native wildflowers that are commercially available or used in restoration projects.

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The role of host seed size in mediating a latitudinal body size cline in an introduced bruchid beetle in Japan

Author(s): S. Sadakiyo, M. Ishihara

Year: 2012

Volume: 121
Issue: 8
Pages: 1231-1238

Article Topic(s): Disturbance
Research Setting(s): Laboratory

Species Referenced: Amorpha fruticosa (Indigo bush),

Abstract

Researches the effects of Amorpha fruticosa seed size on the body size of Acanthoscelides pallidipennis, a bruchid (small beetle) that uses A. fruticosa as its host plant.

Suggested Citation

S. Sadakiyo, and M. Ishihara. "The role of host seed size in mediating a latitudinal body size cline in an introduced bruchid beetle in Japan." Oikos 121.8 (2012): 1231-1238.

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