The preference-performance hypothesis states that ovipositing phytophagous insects will select host plants that are well-suited for their offspring and avoid host plants that do not support offspring
CTmin = critical thermal minimum in degrees Celsius; ColonyID = identity of the colony from which the individual worker ants were tested; habitat.designation = whether the habitat is "urban" or "rural
Prediction: It was predicted that there would be a greater abundance of insect species in the grassland environment. Hypothesis: The abundance of insect species in the bright yellow co
Host specialization plays a key role in the extreme diversification of phytophagous insects. Whereas proximate mechanisms of specialization have been studied extensively, their consequences for specie
