Physiological and ecological constraints play key roles in the evolution of plant growth
patterns, especially in relation to defenses against herbivores. Phenotypic and life history …

▪ Abstract Host plant quality is a key determinant of the fecundity of herbivorous insects.
Components of host plant quality (such as carbon, nitrogen, and defensive metabolites) …

Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 383–393 Abstract The extent to which behavioural choices reflect
fine‐tuned evolutionary adaptation remains an open debate. For herbivorous insects, the …

The effects of water and nutrient deficits on plant-insect interactions have been of interest to
ecologists for some time. While environmental stress is known to exert strong effects on …

▪ Abstract We describe the impact of recent life-history plasticity theory on insect studies,
particularly on the interface between genetics and plasticity. We focus on the three …

The slow‐growth–high‐mortality hypothesis predicts that prolonged development in
herbivorous insects results in greater exposure to natural enemies and a subsequent …

▪ Abstract Predator-induced phenotypic plasticity is widespread in nature and includes
variation in life history, morphology, and behavior. In organisms with complex life histories …

Immature development of parasitoid wasps is restricted to resources found in a single host
that is often similar in size to the adult parasitoid. When two or more parasitoids of the same …

In many plants, defence systems against herbivores are induced through the octadecanoid
pathway,, which may also be involved in recruiting natural enemies of herbivores. This …

Relationships among food choice, compensatory feeding, and the consequences for
consumer fitness rarely have been quantified. We created foods of varying nutritional quality …