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Micro- and Macroevolutionary Trade-Offs in Plant-Feeding Insects
(2022-10-14)
A long-standing hypothesis asserts that plant-feeding insects specialize on particular host plants because of negative interactions (trade-offs) between adaptations to alternative hosts, yet empirical evidence for such ...
Phylogenomics and the evolution of hemipteroid insects
(2022-10-14)
Hemipteroid insects (Paraneoptera), with over 10% of all known insect diversity, are a major component of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Previous phylogenetic analyses have not consistently resolved the relationships ...
Plant defense theory provides insight into interactions involving inbred plants and insect herbivores
(2019-12-19)
Inbreeding in the form of self-fertilization is widespread among plants and typically results in broad, detrimental changes in plant morphology and physiology. Phenotypic changes associated with inbreeding are likely to ...
Practical Evaluation Tool and Logic Model Framework for Extension Educators and Grant Writers
(2023-11-02)
Extension evaluation is a relatively young field of knowledge. Much of what we know today in program evaluation comes from the public education and health fields resulting in difficulties in adapting the methods to ...