Caterpillars on a phytochemical landscape: the case of alfalfa and the Melissa blue butterfly
M. L. Forister, S. Yoon, C. S. Philbin, C. D. Dodson, B. Hart, J. G. Harrison, O. Shelef, J. A. Fordyce, Z. H. Marion, C. C. Nice, L. A. Richards, C. A. Buerkle, Z. Gompert
The paper quantifies how phytochemical variation in alfalfa affects Melissa blue butterfly caterpillar performance, identifying specific compounds with divergent effects.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2020Ecology