Standing on the shoulders of giants: young aphids piggyback on adults when searching for a host plant
Abstract Background Upon the detection of imminent peril, pea aphids (Acyrthosiphon pisum) often drop off their host plant. Dropping in response to insect enemies is intermittent in nature, but when a mammalian herbivore feeds on their host plant, a large mixed-age group of aphids usually drops off...
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| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12983-018-0292-7 |