Publications

phenolic glycosides govern the food selection pattern of willow feeding leaf beetles.	the relationship between the food selection of four leaf beetle species (phratora vitellinae, plagiodera versicolora, lochmaea capreae, galerucella lineola) and the phenolic glycosides of willow (salix spp.) leaves was tested in laboratory food choice experiments. four willow species native to the study area (eastern finland) and four introduced, cultivated willows were tested.the willow species exhibited profound differences in their phenolic glycoside composition and total concentration. the f ...	1985	28309845
slow larval growth on a suboptimal willow results in high predation mortality in the leaf beetle galerucella lineola.	the slow growth/high mortality hypothesis predicts that herbivorous insects feeding on suboptimal host plants are subjected to higher predation mortality owing to the longer time spent in the vulnerable juvenile stages compared with conspecifics feeding on optimal plants. we tested this hypothesis for the willow-feeding leaf beetle galerucella lineola raised on one suitable (salix viminalis) and one unsuitable (s. dasyclados) willow species as well as on plants from an interspecific cross betwee ...	1995	28307587
volatile compounds from salix spp. varieties differing in susceptibility to three willow beetle species.	the volatile compounds emitted by leaves of 10 willow varieties that differ in their susceptibility to damage by blue (phratora vulgatissima), brassy (p. vitellinae), and brown (galerucella lineola) willow beetles were examined both before and after mechanical damage and correlated with feeding preferences of these beetles determined under laboratory conditions. three compounds were identified from intact undamaged leaves of six willow varieties, namely cis-3-hexenyl acetate, cis-3-hexenol, and ...	2001	11710603
salix transect of europe: patterns in the most abundant chrysomelid beetle (coleoptera: chrysomelidae) herbivores of willow from greece to arctic norway.	chrysomelid beetles associated with willow (salix spp.) were surveyed at 41 sites across europe, from greece (lat. 38.8 °n) to arctic norway (lat. 69.7 °n).	2016	27956853