Benefits of gregarious feeding by aposematic caterpillars depend on group age structure
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Summary
Estimates of insect damage and induced plant responses suggest that mixed-age groups enhance plant quality for young larvae while avoiding competition, and conclude that benefits of gregariousness in this species are contingent on group age structure.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2015-03-01
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 44
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- https://openalex.org/W2001334188
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:8998529
Keywords
Biology, Predation, Larva, Competition (biology), Aposematism
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