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musical chairshypothesis1 CONSTRUCTMusical chairsHARDY · PLANT-INSECT ECOLOGY

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Plant-insect ecology

the proposal that specialist herbivores diversify by switching among hosts while staying specialized, rather than through generalist phases.

In plant-insect ecology, musical chairs hypothesis refers to the proposal that specialist herbivores diversify by switching among hosts while staying specialized, rather than through generalist phases. This meaning comes from Hardy (2014) in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.[1]

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  1. Hardy, N. B., & Otto, S. P. (2014). Specialization and generalization in the diversification of phytophagous insects: tests of the musical chairs and oscillation hypotheses. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1795), 20132960. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2960

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