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Plant-insect ecology

the proposal that poor host plant quality harms herbivores indirectly by slowing growth and lengthening the period they are exposed to natural enemies.

In plant-insect ecology, slow-growth-high-mortality hypothesis refers to the proposal that poor host plant quality harms herbivores indirectly by slowing growth and lengthening the period they are exposed to natural enemies. This meaning comes from Benrey (1997) in Ecology.[1]

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References

Benrey, B., & Denno, R. F. (1997). The Slow-growth–high-mortality Hypothesis: a Test Using the Cabbage Butterfly. Ecology, 78(4), 987-999. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[0987:tsghmh]2.0.co;2

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