Stressing food plants by altering water availability affects grasshopper performance
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Stressing food plants by altering water availability affects grasshopper performance
Extreme weather events like drought and heavy rain are likely to increase with climate change in Central Europe and may affect nutrient content in plants. They may therefore influence the performance (growth rate, developmental time, mortality, body size/mass, fecundity) and population dynamics of herbivorous insects. We conducted a common-garden experiment on food plants to investigate effects...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecosphere
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2150-8925
DOI: 10.1890/es11-00095.1