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From genes to geography: a genetic similarity rule for arthropod community structure at multiple geographic scales.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2006
Bangert R K, Allan G J, Turek R J, Wimp G M, Meneses N, Martinsen G D, Keim P, Whitham T G
Abstract excerpt
We tested the hypothesis that leaf modifying arthropod communities are correlated with cottonwood host plant genetic variation from local to regional scales. Although recent studies found that host plant genetic composition can structure local dependent herbivore communities, the abiotic environment is a stronger factor than the genetic effect at increasingly larger spatial scales. In contrast to these studies we...
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