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SUBMITTER: Forister ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4299246 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Forister Matthew L ML Novotny Vojtech V Panorska Anna K AK Baje Leontine L Basset Yves Y Butterill Philip T PT Cizek Lukas L Coley Phyllis D PD Dem Francesca F Diniz Ivone R IR Drozd Pavel P Fox Mark M Glassmire Andrea E AE Hazen Rebecca R Hrcek Jan J Jahner Joshua P JP Kaman Ondrej O Kozubowski Tomasz J TJ Kursar Thomas A TA Lewis Owen T OT Lill John J Marquis Robert J RJ Miller Scott E SE Morais Helena C HC Murakami Masashi M Nickel Herbert H Pardikes Nicholas A NA Ricklefs Robert E RE Singer Michael S MS Smilanich Angela M AM Stireman John O JO Villamarín-Cortez Santiago S Vodka Stepan S Volf Martin M Wagner David L DL Walla Thomas T Weiblen George D GD Dyer Lee A LA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20141229 2
Understanding variation in resource specialization is important for progress on issues that include coevolution, community assembly, ecosystem processes, and the latitudinal gradient of species richness. Herbivorous insects are useful models for studying resource specialization, and the interaction between plants and herbivorous insects is one of the most common and consequential ecological associations on the planet. However, uncertainty persists regarding fundamental features of herbivore diet ...[more]