A General Model for Host Plant Selection
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STUART A. WEST; J. PAUL CUNNINGHAM
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We develop a general theoretical framework for exploring the host plant selection behaviour of herbivorous insects. This model can be used to address a number of questions, including the evolution of specialists, generalists, preference hierarchies, and learning. We use our model to: (i) demonstrate