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Plants use various means to deter or dissuade attack by phytophagous insects. Herbivore counteradaptation to these defenses is probably an important factor in insect host specificity and the coevolution of plant and herbivore phylogenies. This coevolutionary interaction is particularly interesting among long-lived forest trees and their associated insect fauna. One would think that the longevity of trees is a severe disadvantage in the coevolutionary interaction with short-lived insects; their relative success in spite of such herbivores invites further inquiry.
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Edmunds, G.F., Alstad, D.N. (1981). Responses of Black Pineleaf Scales to Host Plant Variability. In: Denno, R.F., Dingle, H. (eds) Insect Life History Patterns. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5941-1_3
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