ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2020
Nutrient dilution and climate cycles underlie declines in a dominant insect herbivore.
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Evidence for global insect declines mounts, increasing our need to understand underlying mechanisms. We test the nutrient dilution (ND) hypothesis-the decreasing concentration of essential dietary minerals with increasing plant productivity-that particularly targets insect herbivores. Nutrient dilution can result from increased plant biomass due to climate or CO
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