Specificity and trade-offs in the induced plant defence of common milkweed Asclepias syriaca to two lepidopteran herbivores
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defence of common milkweed Asclepias syriaca to two lepidopteran herbivores Robin A. Bingham* and Anurag A. Agrawal Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO 81231, USA; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; and Department of Entomology, and Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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