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Temperature-Food interaction in herbivorous insects

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Constant low temperature and poorly digestible food hinder growth of herbivorous insects. This may be one of the reasons which exclude poikilothermic herbivores from the high arctic tundra (in contrast to high alpine ecosystems).

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  1. II. Zoologisches Institut Erlangen, Germany

    Ulrich Schramm

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Schramm, U. Temperature-Food interaction in herbivorous insects. Oecologia 9, 399–402 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345342

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