Asynchrony between Host Plant and Insects-Defoliator within a Tritrophic System: The Role of Herbivore Innate Immunity.

The effects of asynchrony in the phenology of spring-feeding insect-defoliators and their host plants on insects' fitness, as well as the importance of this effect for the population dynamics of outbreaking species of insects, is a widespread and well-documented phenomenon. However, the spreadi...

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Main Authors: Vyacheslav V Martemyanov, Sergey V Pavlushin, Ivan M Dubovskiy, Yuliya V Yushkova, Sergey V Morosov, Elena I Chernyak, Vadim M Efimov, Teija Ruuhola, Victor V Glupov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4482610?pdf=render