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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)

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

2022Evolutioncentral

Related Concepts (5)

heritability

metric1 shared paper

glucosinolates

measurement1 shared paper

oviposition host plant choice

process1 shared paper

sex chromosomes

mechanism1 shared paper

maladaptive host choice

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Thlaspi

Brassicaceae1 paper

Taraxacum

Asteraceae1 paper

Raphanus sativus

Brassicaceae1 paper

Cardamine cordifolia

Brassicaceae1 paper

Brassica oleracea

Brassicaceae1 paper

Thlaspi arvense

Brassicaceae1 paper

Lepidoptera

Trifolium

Fabaceae1 paper

non-native plants

Taraxacum officinale

Asteraceae1 paper