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Plant genotypic diversity reduces the rate of consumer resource utilization.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jul 2013
McArt Scott H, Thaler Jennifer S
Abstract excerpt
While plant species diversity can reduce herbivore densities and herbivory, little is known regarding how plant genotypic diversity alters resource utilization by herbivores. Here, we show that an invasive folivore--the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)--increases 28 per cent in abundance, but...
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