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Butterfly mother's food choice for offspring changes with experience

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Science Daily

Publication Date
2016-11-23

Plants communicate with animals using a blend of signals that influence animal behavior. The balance of plant attractants and deterrents partly determine the ultimate level of damage that an animal herbivore imposes on a plant. These intricate communications between the herbivore and the plant support sustainable relationships in their mutual native homelands. However, the ease of international travel in today's connected world has led to invasive alien arthropod herbivores showing up in many novel locations containing alternative host plants.

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161122123724.htm