Search Results - "Tosh, C.R"
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The confusion effect—from neural networks to reduced predation risk
Published in Behavioral ecology (01-01-2008)“…The confusion effect is often cited as an antipredatory benefit of group living and has been demonstrated by numerous studies across a range of taxa. However,…”
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HOST PLANT SELECTION BY APHIDS: Behavioral, Evolutionary, and Applied Perspectives
Published in Annual review of entomology (2006)“…As phloem feeders and major vectors of plant viruses, aphids are important pests of agricultural and horticultural crops worldwide. The processes of aphid…”
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Constraints on adaptation: explaining deviation from optimal sex ratio using artificial neural networks
Published in Journal of evolutionary biology (01-08-2010)“…Determining processes constraining adaptation is a major challenge facing evolutionary biology, and sex allocation has proved a useful model system for…”
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highly viable cross betwen Aphis fabae (Homoptera: Aphididae) clones with different plant preference
Published in Environmental entomology (2004)“…Aphis fabae Scopoli consists of a complex of closely related host plant-associated forms. This system offers insights into speciation and the determinants of…”
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Reproductive response of generalist and specialist aphid morphs with the same genotype to plant secondary compounds and amino acids
Published in Journal of insect physiology (01-12-2003)“…Many studies have paid particular attention to the role of either secondary plant compounds or amino acids as determinants of host-plant range in phytophagous…”
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significance of overlapping plant range to a putative adaptive trade-off in the black bean Aphis fabae scop
Published in Ecological entomology (2004)“…1. This study continues to explore the analysis of a putative adaptive trade-off in the utilisation of host plants Vicia faba and Tropaeolum majus by the…”
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On the mechanistic basis of plant affiliation in the black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) species complex
Published in Entomologia experimentalis et applicata (01-04-2001)“…This study concerns the black-bean aphid Aphis fabae Scop., a heterecious aphid with ca. 80 summer (secondary) hosts and 1-3 winter (primary) hosts. The…”
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