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Diet breadth modulates preference - performance relationships in a phytophagous insect community

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Charlery De La Masseliere M., Facon B., Hafsi A., Duyck P.F.
2017

In most phytophagous insects, larvae are less mobile than adults and their fitness depends on the plant chosen by their mother. To maximize fitness, adult preference and larval performance should thus be correlated. This correlation is not always apparent and seems to increase with the level of specialisation, i.e. specialists have a stronger preference for high quality host plant species ...

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