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Herbivore-induced plant volatiles influence not only the foraging behaviour of predators of the herbivores, but also of their competitors. Hence, plant volatiles may be important determinants of the distribution of species and the strength of their interactions. We studied the response of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, to a choice between clean cucumber plants and plants infested with another herbivore, the two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae. Thrips neither avoided nor preferred mite-infested plants. Previous experiments had shown that spider mites avoid thrips-infested plants. Functional explanations for the absence of avoidance of spider mite-infested plants by thrips are discussed.
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Pallini, A., Janssen, A., Sabelis, M.W. (1999). Do western flower thrips avoid plants infested with spider mites? Interactions between potential competitors. In: Bruin, J., van der Geest, L.P.S., Sabelis, M.W. (eds) Ecology and Evolution of the Acari. Series Entomologica, vol 55. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1343-6_27
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