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The Nutritional Ecology of Immature Insects

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Published1981
Citations1,786
References127

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1975 • 309 citations

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1978 • 265 citations

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1978 • 244 citations

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1975 • 236 citations

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1977 • 232 citations

Spider feeding behaviour optimises dietary essential amino acid composition

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1979 • 198 citations

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1976 • 190 citations

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1978 • 188 citations

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1966 • 185 citations

The Nutritive Value Of Forage Crops

1969 • 180 citations

Sodium: Stimulus for Puddling Behavior by Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies, Papilio glaucus

1974 • 174 citations

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1979 • 173 citations

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1971 • 170 citations

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1977 • 167 citations

The structure of the arthropod community on bracken

1976 • 164 citations

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1976 • 155 citations

RESPIRATION: SOME EXOGENOUS AND ENDOGENOUS EFFECTS ON RATE OF RESPIRATION

1974 • 154 citations

Diprionid Sawflies: Polymorphism and Speciation

1973 • 152 citations

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1978 • 143 citations

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1977 • 132 citations

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1964 • 120 citations

Ecological Energetics Studies on Larvae of the Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer) (Odonata: Zygoptera)

1971 • 112 citations

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1974 • 110 citations

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1977 • 106 citations

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1970 • 98 citations

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1978 • 95 citations

EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS OF NUTRIENTS ON INSECTS

1969 • 91 citations

The thermal ecology of someColias butterfly larvae

1973 • 90 citations

A POPULATION MODEL FOR PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: COUPLING COTTON–HERBIVORE INTERACTION

1977 • 89 citations

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1976 • 87 citations

Population Dynamics, Bioenergetics, and Role of Lepidostoma Quercina Ross (Trichoptera: Lepidostomatidae) in an Oregon Woodland Stream

1979 • 87 citations

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1975 • 84 citations

Insecticidal amino acids in legume seeds

1973 • 83 citations

The Utilization of Various Asclepias Species by Larvae of the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus Plexippus

1973 • 82 citations

Dietary Amino Acid Requirements of the Aphid Myzus persicae Affected by Antibiotic Uptake

1971 • 81 citations

Feeding and Nutrition of Insects Associated with Soybeans. 3. Food Intake, Utilization, and Growth in the Soybean Looper, Pseudoplusia includens1, 2

1974 • 75 citations

Hormonal Control of Metabolism in Insects

1976 • 74 citations

THE EFFECTS OF SEQUENTIALLY SWITCHING FOODPLANTS UPON BIOMASS AND NITROGEN UTILIZATION BY POLYPHAGOUS AND STENOPHAGOUS PAPILIO LARVAE

1979 • 74 citations

The Influence of Temperature on the Bioenergetics of the Carnivorous Stonefly Nymph, Acroneuria californica Banks (Plecoptera: Perlidae)

1975 • 72 citations

Effect of the Lichen Chemicals Atranorin and Vulpinic Acid upon Feeding and Growth of Larvae of the Yellow-striped Armyworm, Spodoptera ornithogalli1

1979 • 71 citations

The relationship of body size to breadth of diet in some Lepidoptera

1978 • 70 citations

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1962 • 69 citations

THE EFFECTS OF LARVAL FEEDING SPECIALIZATION AND PLANT GROWTH FORM ON THE CONSUMPTION AND UTILIZATION OF PLANT BIOMASS AND NITROGEN: AN ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATION

1978 • 68 citations

Of Sowbugs and Systems: The Ecological Bioenergetics of a Terrestrial Isopod

1971 • 66 citations

Food utilization and metabolic efficiency in larval and adult house crickets

1979 • 65 citations

Effects of the food supply on the life history of Simuliidae (Diptera)

1979 • 62 citations

SIZE-DEPENDENT TIMING OF METAMORPHOSIS IN MILKWEED BUGS (ONCOPELTUS) AND ITS LIFE HISTORY IMPLICATIONS

1978 • 62 citations

A QUANTITATIVE STUDY OF FOOD CONSUMPTION AND GROWTH IN PSEUDALETIA UNIPUNCTA (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUIDAE)

1970 • 61 citations

Life History and Population Energetics of the Dobson Fly, Corydalus Cornutus

1978 • 58 citations

Size, Food-finding, and Dyar's Constant

1976 • 57 citations

Factors affecting oxygen consumption in the woodlouse Porcellio scaber latr

1974 • 52 citations

Trail Marking by Larvae of the Eastern Tent Caterpillar

1976 • 50 citations

Do Grazers Maximize Individual Plant Fitness?

1978 • 49 citations

Life Cycle and Growth Energetics of the Arctic Crane fly Pedicia hannai antenatta

1973 • 48 citations

Consumption and utilization of various host plants by Melanoplus bivittatus (Say) and M. femurrubrum (DeGeer) (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

1976 • 44 citations

The Energetics of a Population of Leptopterna dolabrata (Heteroptera: Miridae)

1971 • 43 citations

L-Canaline Detoxification: A Seed Predator's Biochemical Mechanism

1978 • 42 citations

Influence of Host Foliage on the Douglas-fir Tussock Moth 1

1976 • 41 citations

Relation of feeding, growth, and metabolism to age in the larval, female house cricket

1977 • 41 citations

Energy content of spider eggs

1978 • 40 citations

Consumer strategies of terrestrial gastropods and isopods

1978 • 39 citations

Post-Ingestive Utilization of Plant Biomass and Nitrogen by Lepidoptera: Legume Feeding by the Southern Armyworm

1979 • 38 citations

Copidosoma truncatellum : 1 Effect of Parasitization on Food Consumption of Larval Trichoplusia ni23

1975 • 36 citations

Energy Budget of Cecropia Moths, Platysamia cecropia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), Fed Lilac Leaves1

1972 • 36 citations

Effect of Food Deprivation on the Efficiency of Utilization of Dry Matter, Energy, and Nitrogen by Larvae of the Cherry Scallop Moth Calocalpe undulata1

1976 • 35 citations

Respirometry techniques for terrestrial invertebrates and their application to energetics studies

1977 • 34 citations

Energy, Matter and Nitrogen Utilization by Larvae of the Milkweed Tiger Moth Euchaetias egle

1977 • 33 citations

Trehalose Level in the Hemolymph of Heliothis virescens1 Parasitized by Campoletis sonorensis2, 3

1976 • 32 citations

Annual Production and Respiration in Ant Populations

1978 • 31 citations

The effect on Aphis fabae of diel changes in their food quality

1977 • 31 citations

Environmental control of seasonal variation in the butterfly Colias eurytheme: Effects of photoperiod and temperature on pteridine pigmentation

1974 • 30 citations

Ecophysiological studies on the utilization of food in the paddy field grasshopper Oxya velox

1971 • 30 citations

Physical and physiological factors in diapause initiation of two hyperparasites of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta

1973 • 30 citations

Influence of photoperiod and temperature on developmental time and number of molts in nymphs of two species of Odonata

1976 • 29 citations

Observations On Colour Patterns and Behaviour of Caterpillars Feeding On Scots Pine

1963 • 28 citations

Leaf-feeding Resistance to the European Corn Borer in Genotypes of Tropical (Low-DIMBOA) and U.S. Inbred (High-DIMBOA) Maize1

1975 • 27 citations

STUDIES ON THE INFLUENCE OF INANITION ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DURATION OF LIFE IN INSECTS

1924 • 27 citations

Increase in respiratory rate during feeding in larvae of the armyworm, Spodoptera exempta

1976 • 27 citations

EFFECTS OF RATION LEVELS AND RESTRICTION OF FEEDING DURATIONS ON FOOD UTILIZATION IN DANAUS CHRYSIPPUS (LEPIDOPTERA: DANAIDAE)

1976 • 27 citations

The defensive function of cyanogenesis in natural populations

1977 • 27 citations

MOISTURE GAINS, LOSSES AND EQUILIBRIA OF FLOUR MITES, ACARUS SIRO L., IN COMPARISON WITH LARGER ARTHROPODS

1966 • 23 citations

Consumption and food utilization by individual larvae and the population of a wood borer Phymatodes maaki Kraatz (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

1979 • 23 citations

Physiology of Food Utilization by the Spider Tarentula kochi (Araneae: Lycosidae)1

1970 • 21 citations

Effect of ration levels on food utilisation in the grasshopper Poecilocerus pictus

1974 • 21 citations

Bioenergetics of the range caterpillar, Hemileuca oliviae (Ckll.)

1977 • 21 citations

Protein synthesis and uric acid excretion in the absence of essential amino acids in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

1978 • 21 citations

Optimal strategies for the metabolism of reserve materials in microbes and metazoa

1977 • 20 citations

Protein utilization by larvae of the black carpet beetle, Attagenus megatoma

1975 • 20 citations

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PARASITOIDHYPOSOTER EXIGUAEAND THE CABBAGE LOOPER,TRICHOPLUSIA NI: EFFECTS ON HEAD-CAPSULE WIDTH, LIVE AND DRY WEIGHTS, AND HEMOLYMPH SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF HOSTS AT DIFFERENT AGES

1975 • 20 citations

The Ecology of Callosobruchus analis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae): Morphometrics and Energetics of the Immature Stages

1978 • 19 citations

Effects of Photoperiod and Temperature on Development in Hypera brunneipennis12

1974 • 16 citations

The Development of Male Diadromus pulchellus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the Pupae of Acrolepiopsis assectella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae): Comparison of Assimilation and Energy Losses Under Two Temperature Regimes

1978 • 16 citations

Effect of temperature and photoperiod on diapause induction inErioischia brassicae(Bch.) (Diptera, anthomyiidae) under controlled conditions

1976 • 16 citations

Hydrocyanic Acid Potential of Black Cherry Leaves1

1973 • 16 citations

Nontoxic toxins: the energetics of coevolution

1979 • 15 citations

Midgut clearance and digestive enzyme levels in larvae of Attagenus megatoma following removal from food

1978 • 14 citations

Some Aspects of Energy Transfer Between the Organ-Pipe Mud-Dauber Trypoxylon politum and Its Araneid Spider Prey 1

1978 • 13 citations

Failure of the aphid, Myzus persicae, to compensate for poor diet during early growth

1977 • 13 citations

Biology of Podosesia (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with Description of a New Species from North America 1

1977 • 13 citations

THE ENERGETICS OF MEGOURA VICIAE REARED ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BROAD BEAN PLANT (VICIA FABA)

1979 • 12 citations

Interpopulation quality in gypsy moths with implications for success of two pupal parasitoids: Brachymeria intermedia (Nees) and Coccygomimus turionellae (L.)*

1980 • 11 citations

The Energetics of r- vs. K-selection in Two African Strains of Aedes aegypti1

1977 • 11 citations

WING DIMORPHISM INFLUENCING RESISTANCE OR TOXICITY TESTS AND FOOD UPTAKE IN MYZUS PERSICAE1, 2

1971 • 10 citations

Relative feeding rates of Brevicoryne brassicae and Myzus persicae on Brussels sprout plants in relation to their susceptibility to systemic insecticides

1974 • 10 citations

Growth, Respiration and the Utilization of Assimilated Energy in the Larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Coleoptera)

1978 • 10 citations

EFFECT OF THE PARASITOID DIAERETIELLA RAPAE ON THE FEEDING RATE OF ITS HOST BREVICORYNE BRASSICAE

1979 • 9 citations

PHYSIOLOGISCHE WECHSELBEZIEHUNGEN ZWISCHEN PIERIS BRASSICAE UND DEM ENDOPARASITEN APANTELES GLOMERATUS II. DER EINFLUSS DER PARASITIERUNG AUF DIE ERNÄHRUNG DES WIRTES*

1980 • 9 citations

A Laboratory Antifeedant Simulation Bioassay for Phytophagous Insects12

1979 • 9 citations

Lesser Cornstalk Borer 1 Response to Photoperiod and Temperature 2

1976 • 9 citations

Nutrient reserves in starving black carpet beetle larvae infected with the eugregarine Pyxinia frenzeli

1976 • 8 citations

The effects of population density and food surface area on body weight of Acheta domesticus (L.) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

1977 • 7 citations

The Comparative Utilization of Cultivated and Weedy Umbellifer Species by Larvae of the Black Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio Polyxenes

1975 • 7 citations

Some effects of photoperiod on the development of Neodiprion swainei Midd.

1972 • 6 citations

Quality of light effects on immature stages and adults of Pieris rapae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).

1979 • 3 citations

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