Predator cue-induced plasticity of morphology and behavior in planthoppers facilitate the survival from predation

Abstract Predators can induce phenotypic plasticity in prey through selection driven by predation risk. However, defense plasticity is rarely reported in insects, let alone trans-generational plasticity, meaning the mechanisms underlying plasticity, how it impacts ecosystem evolution and how it migh...

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Main Authors: Jian Wen, Takatoshi Ueno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96005-3