The economics of escape behaviour in the
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Lawrence M. Dill; Alex H. G. Fraser; Bernard D. Roitberg
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Article
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1990
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Pea aphids have several alternative responses to the detection of alarm pheromone produced by conspecifics. One of these, dropping from the feeding site to the ground, is potentially costly owing to the risk of desiccation-induced mortality on the ground before another host plant can be reached. Bot