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compensatory feeding; effects of starvation; induced defence; intraspecific competition; larval development; lepidopteran herbivores; nicotine; optimal defence theory; protease inhibitors; time delay
Jasmonate-induced responses; induced resistance; gene- expression; herbivore; growth; costs; sylvestris; induction; nitrogen; defenses
Abstract:
1. The time delay associated with the activation of induced defences is thought to be a liability for this type of defence because it allows herbivores to remove biomass before the defence is fully induced. When defences are costly and plants grow with