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Many studies have been published on the ability of phytophagous insects to select an optimal host for larval or adult development, survival and reproduction. Moreover, the ability to select leaves or shoots within a plant is also very important since these may differ in quality at different sites on the same plant. This ability is known as the covariance of preference and performance (review in Thompson, 1988).
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Burstein, M., Wool, D. (1992). Aggregation of aphid galls at ‘preferred’ sites within trees: do colonizers have a choice?. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_7
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