Articles | Volume 13, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-13-79-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-13-79-2013
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24 Sep 2013
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Experiments with Lymantria dispar larvae do not support the idea of physiological adjustment to host individuals by insect herbivores

H. Ruhnke, D. Matthies, and R. Brandl

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