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The nutritional relationships of forest insects are among the most important ecological factors determining the development and distribution of species. This is because food is indispensable for the successful course of growth processes, development of reproductive organs and the functioning and locomotion of the organism in general. Food influences, directly or indirectly, the fertility, rate of development, activity and abundance of insects as well as the characters of groups formed by them.
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Szujecki, A. (1987). The role of nutrient factors in the life of forest insects. In: Ecology Of Forest Insects. Series Entomologica, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4804-4_3
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