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Cannibalism can drive the evolution of behavioural phase polyphenism in locusts.

Ecology letters - 1 Oct 2012

Guttal Vishwesha, Romanczuk Pawel, Simpson Stephen J, Sword Gregory A, Couzin Iain D

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During outbreaks, locust swarms can contain millions of insects travelling thousands of kilometers while devastating vegetation and crops. Such large-scale spatial organization is preceded locally by a dramatic density-dependent phenotypic transition in multiple traits. Behaviourally, low-density 'solitarious' individuals avoid contact with one another; above a critical local density, they undergo a rapid...

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PMID: 22882379
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01840.x

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