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Host Selection

Host Selection is the behavioral process by which an insect identifies and chooses a suitable host organism or substrate for feeding, oviposition, or development, distinguished from other foraging or habitat choices by its specific association with host suitability cues and species-specific recognition mechanisms.

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Host-plant selection by phytophagous insects

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 1.4K citations

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On the Evolution of Host Specificity in Phytophagous Arthropods

Elizabeth A. Bernays, Michelle A. Graham · Ecology · 1988 · 1.2K citations

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Evolutionary ecology of the relationship between oviposition preference and performance of offspring in phytophagous insects

John N. Thompson · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata · 1988 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Host Odor Perception in Phytophagous Insects

J.H. Visser · Annual Review of Entomology · 1986 · 880 citations

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THE ROLE OF PHEROMONES, KAIROMONES, AND ALLOMONES IN THE HOST SELECTION AND COLONIZATION BEHAVIOR OF BARK BEETLES

Annual Review of Entomology · 1982 · 776 citations

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  1. AM
    Arne Moksnes

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    26 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. ER
    Eivin Røskaft

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    26 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. RJ
    Ronald J. Prokopy

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    28 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. AP
    Anders Pape Møller

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    21 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. LV
    L.E.M. Vet

    Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

    24 publications · 1.7K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    36 h-index

    213 publications

    7.8K citations

  2. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    35 h-index

    140 publications

    7.7K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    32 h-index

    91 publications

    5.6K citations

  4. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    31 h-index

    113 publications

    4.7K citations

  5. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    30 h-index

    92 publications

    5.1K citations

  6. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    30 h-index

    102 publications

    7.7K citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    28 h-index

    108 publications

    4.8K citations

  8. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    63 publications

    3.8K citations

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  1. Oecologia

    150 publications · 10.2K citations

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  2. Evolution

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  3. Animal Behaviour

    118 publications · 6.5K citations

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  4. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

    171 publications · 9.3K citations

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  5. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

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