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Insect herbivory and the plant community

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Insect Herbivory

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In this chapter we will examine how plant communities can modify, either directly or indirectly, the abundance and population dynamics of their associated insect herbivores and, conversely, how insect herbivores might alter the composition of plant communities [163].

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© 1982 I.D. Hodkinson and M.K. Hughes

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Hodkinson, I.D., Hughes, M.K. (1982). Insect herbivory and the plant community. In: Insect Herbivory. Outline Studies in Ecology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5951-4_7

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