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Plant genotype mediates the effects of nutrients on aphids.
Oecologia - 1 Jul 2010
Rowntree J K, McVennon A, Preziosi R F
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Soil nutrients, and factors which influence their concentrations and bioavailability, form a basic component of bottom-up control of ecosystem processes, including plant-herbivore interactions. Increased nutrient levels are linked, through plant defence theory, with increased levels of herbivore susceptibility. The focal point of many ecological experiments examining this link is at the species level, where the...
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