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host specificity: a standalone construct

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Insect ecology

the restriction of a plant-feeding insect to few host plants, which this paper attributes largely to pressure from natural enemies.

In insect ecology, host specificity refers to the restriction of a plant-feeding insect to few host plants, which this paper attributes largely to pressure from natural enemies. This meaning comes from Bernays (1988) in Ecology.[1]

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host2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs natural3 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs pressure6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Bernays, E., & Graham, M. (1988). On the Evolution of Host Specificity in Phytophagous Arthropods. Ecology, 69(4), 886-892. https://doi.org/10.2307/1941237

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