herbivorous insect
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herbivorous
adjective
uk/hɜːˈbɪv.ər.əs/us/hɝːˈbɪv.ɚ.əs/
(of an animal) ...
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insect
noun[C]
uk/ˈɪn.sekt/us/ˈɪn.sekt/
a type of very small animal with six legs, a body divided into three parts and usually two pairs of wings, or, more generally, any similar very ...
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When a single antibiotic resistance gene is deployed to protect a crop from aherbivorousinsect, the resistance often breaks down rapidly.
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Depending on its life-history strategy, eachherbivorousinsectgroup may be affected differently by the effects of weather fluctuations on plant resources.
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In spite of its economic importance, the host selection behaviour of theherbivorousinsectis still poorly understood.
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In severalherbivorousinsectnymphs and larvae, aggregations where there is prolonged contact play a major role in group coordination.
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To prevent inhabitation by ants and occupation and damage byherbivorousinsectlarvae, the terminal buds and upper internodes are filled with mucilage.
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It is predicted that regional species richness should explain local species richness of herbivorous insects ('proportional sampling model').
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Botanical insecticides can influence the behaviour and development of the herbivorous insects that search for or use the plant for their reproduction.
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Intestines of herbivorous insects are often filled with fibrous material that is probably not very valuable for bats.
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Although insectivorous bats are particularly abundant and diverse in the tropics, their impact on herbivorous insects is little understood.
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Diet analysis revealed a high percentage of herbivorous insects, constituting more than half (51%) of all prey and over 70% of prey biomass.
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Assessing the potential impact of gleaning insectivorous bats on herbivorous insects requires a detailed dietary analysis of the bats and feeding rates.
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Our preliminary estimates point to a potentially substantial role of neotropical bats as predators of herbivorous insects.
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Herbivorous insects may be restricted to a certain habitat if they are specialized on a host plant that is specialized to that habitat.
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Even in the case of the living ferns and cycads the associated herbivorous insects appear to be relatively recent colonizations rather than archaic associations.
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Hence, gleaning insectivorous bats could play a previously underestimated role in the reduction of herbivorous insects.
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Gleaning bats: underestimated reducers of herbivorous insects?
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More detailed experimental study of aphid populations that fail to increase or fail to crash will shed light on this aspect of population regulation in herbivorous insects.
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There are f ew other groups of herbivorous insects that can be sampled so easily and comprehensively in tropical forest habitats as the lureresponsive fruit flies.
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Some plants have special nectar exuding structures, extrafloral nectaries that provide food for ants, which in turn protect the plant from more damaging herbivorous insects.
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