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Is there rapid evolutionary response in introduced populations of tansy ragwort, Jacobaea vulgaris, when exposed to biological control ?

Rapo, Carole ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz ; Vrieling, Klaas ; Schaffner, Urs

In: Evolutionary Ecology, 2010, vol. 24, no. 5, p. 1081-1099

Differences in the herbivore community between a plant’s native (specialists and generalists) and introduced range (almost exclusively generalists) may lead to the evolution of reduced allocation to defences against specialist herbivores in the introduced range, allowing for increased allocation to competitive ability and to defences against generalist herbivores. Following this logic, the...