Changes in arthropod community but not plant quality benefit a specialist herbivore on plant under reduced water availability
P.-A. Lin, C.-M. Liu, J.-A. Ou, C.-H. Sun, W.-P. Chuang, C.-K. Ho, N. Kinoshita, G. W. Felton
The paper shows that reduced water availability benefits a specialist herbivore by increasing its larval survival, while negatively affecting most other herbivores through changes in plant quality.
bioRxiv · May 25, 2020Ecology