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novel host plant

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 1 | Mentions: 1

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Definition

A plant species recently introduced to an environment that herbivorous insects may exploit as a new resource

Related Terms (2)

novel hostintroduced host

Publications (1)

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Novel host unmasks heritable variation in plant preference within an insect population

2022Evolutioncentral

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