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Testing the nutrition hypothesis for the adaptive nature of insect galls: does a non-adapted herbivore perform better in galls by DIAMOND, SARAH E, BLAIR, CATHERINE P, ABRAHAMSON, WARREN G

“…1. The nutrition hypothesis for the adaptive nature of galls states that gall-inducing insects control the nutrient levels in galls to their own benefit…”
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CRYPTIC SPECIATION AND HOST-RACE FORMATION IN A PURPORTEDLY GENERALIST TUMBLING FLOWER BEETLE by Blair, Catherine P, Abrahamson, Warren G, Jackman, John A, Tyrrell, Lynn

“…Host-race formation remains controversial as a source of herbivorous insect diversity, and examples of host races are still fairly scarce. In this study,…”
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The role of olfactory cues in the sequential radiation of a gall-boring beetle, Mordellistena convicta by RHODES, BRADLEY C., BLAIR, CATHERINE P., TAKAHASHI, MIZUKI K., ABRAHAMSON, WARREN G.

“…1. Herbivorous insects often have close associations with specific host plants, and their preferences for mating and ovipositing on a specific host‐plant…”
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Nutrition as a facilitator of host-race formation: the shift of a stem-boring beetle to a gall host by BLAIR, CATHERINE P, SCHLANGER, RITA V, DIAMOND, SARAH E, ABRAHAMSON, WARREN G

“…1. The importance of host-race formation to herbivorous insect diversity depends on the likelihood that successful populations can be established on a new…”
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ONE HOST SHIFT LEADS TO ANOTHER? EVIDENCE OF HOST-RACE FORMATION IN A PREDACEOUS GALL-BORING BEETLE by EUBANKS, MICKY D., BLAIR, CATHERINE P., ABRAHAMSON, WARREN G.

“…— We show that a predator, the tumbling flower beetle Mordellistena convicta (Coleoptera: Mordellidae), has formed host races in response to a host‐plant…”
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ONE HOST SHIFT LEADS TO ANOTHER? EVIDENCE OF HOST-RACE FORMATION IN A PREDACEOUS GALL-BORING BEETLE by Eubanks, Micky D, Blair, Catherine P, Abrahamson, Warren G

“…We show that a predator, the tumbling flower beetle Mordellistena convicta (Coleoptera: Mordellidae), has formed host races in response to a host-plant shift…”
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Gall Flies, Inquilines, and Goldenrods: A Model for Host-Race Formation and Sympatric Speciation by Abrahamson, Warren G., Eubanks, Micky D., Blair, Catherine P., Amy V. Whipple

“…Host shifts and subsequent host-race formation likely play a more common role in the speciation of herbivorous insects than has generally been recognized. Our…”
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CRYPTIC SPECIATION AND HOST-RACE FORMATION IN A PURPORTEDLY GENERALIST TUMBLING FLOWER BEETLE by Blair, Catherine P., Abrahamson, Warren G., Jackman, John A., Tyrrell, Lynn

“…Host‐race formation remains controversial as a source of herbivorous insect diversity, and examples of host races are still fairly scarce. In this study,…”
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Gall Flies, Inquilines, and Goldenrods: A Model for Host-race Formation and Sympatric Speciation1 by Abrahamson, Warren G, Eubanks, Micky D, Blair, Catherine P, Whipple, Amy V

“…Host shifts and subsequent host-race formation likely play a more common role in the speciation of herbivorous insects than has generally been recognized. Our…”
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Genetic structure in a coastal dune spider (Geolycosa pikei) on Long Island, New York Barrier Islands by BOULTON, APRIL M., RAMIREZ, MARTIN G., BLAIR, CATHERINE P.

“…In this study, we analyse genetic structure among ten isolated populations of a sedentary burrowing wolf spider,Geolycosa pikei, collected from Long Island,…”
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Genetic structure in a coastal dune spider (Geolycosa pikei) on Long Island, New York Barrier Islands by Boulton, A.M, Ramirez, M.G, Blair, C.P

“…In this study, we analyse genetic structure among ten isolated populations of a sedentary burrowing wolf spider, Geolycosa pikei, collected from Long Island,…”
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