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“insect herbivores adapted to the chemical challenges [toxic plant defenses] of particular native hosts may be able to adopt a novel plant species as a host if its phytochemistry is sufficiently similar to the original hosts”
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Sources
- Compendium Vol. 5 No. 1: The ecological role of native plants bio4climate.org via serper
Referenced by nodes (2)
- herbivorous insects concept
- phytochemistry concept