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Defense suppression benefits herbivores that have a monopoly on their feeding site but can backfire within natural communities
BACKGROUND: Plants have inducible defenses to combat attacking organisms. Hence, some herbivores have adapted to suppress these defenses. Suppression of plant defenses has been shown to benefit herbivores by boosting their growth and reproductive performance. RESULTS: We observed in field-grown toma...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258945/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-014-0098-9 |