The larvae of insect herbivores feed on plants that may vary nutritionally (qualitatively and/or
quantitatively) over the course of insect development. Plant quality may change in response …

The thale cress, Arabidopsis thaliana, is considered to be an important model species in
studying a suite of evolutionary processes. However, the species has been criticized on the …

Pieris (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) species to fertilization of a host plant. Zoological Studies 43
(4): 778-786. In this study, we explored relationships among plant fertilization, plant …

1. Herbivory can change plant quality, which may have consequences for interactions
between the inducing herbivore and other insect community members. 2. Studies …

The effects of temporal variation in the quality of short-lived annual plants on oviposition
preference and larval performance of insect herbivores has thus far received little attention …

Interactions between butterflies and caterpillars in the genus Pieris and plants in the family
Brassicaceae are among the best explored in the field of insect–plant biology. However, we …

Root‐feeding insects can affect the performance of aboveground insect herbivores when
they are forced to feed on the same host plant. Here we explored whether the oviposition …

The adaptations of young insect larvae to factors causing mortality may not depend on
whole-body size but may instead depend substantially on the size of specific body parts …

This article attempts to explain that parasitoids provide the evolutionary pressure
responsible for relationships between habitat use and larval food plant use in herbivorous …

This report assesses the role of specialist parasitoids in providing a major selection pressure
for food plant preference in herbivorous insects. Three Pieris butterflies, P. rapae crucivora …