Dietary specialization is conditionally associated with increased ant predation risk in a temperate forest caterpillar community
Abstract The enemy‐free space hypothesis (EFSH) contends that generalist predators select for dietary specialization in insect herbivores. At a community level, the EFSH predicts that dietary specialization reduces predation risk, and this pattern has been found in several studies addressing the imp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5662 |