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Dropping behaviour of pea aphid nymphs increases their development time and reduces their reproductive capacity as adults
Background. Many aphid species, including the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum, exhibit a behaviour where they drop or fall from their host plant, a commonly used strategy to avoid predation, parasitism or physical disturbance. We hypothesised that there was a physiological non-consumptive cost due to...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27547545 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2236 |