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Switched after Birth: Performance of the Viburnum Leaf Beetle [Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull)] after Transfer to a Suboptimal Host Plant
Host plant switching is common among phytophagous insects. Once optimal food sources have been depleted, immature insects may resort to use of suboptimal hosts in order to complete their development. Such host switching may have dramatic consequences for insect fitness. Here we investigate the effec...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26462941 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects5040805 |