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Aerial pollution frequently modifies population densities of herbivorous insects, and this is often attributed to changes in host-plant quality. The role of indirect pollution mediated by changes in host plant quality can be elucidated only by monitoring both insect density and plant quality in natural environments. A major problem with this approach is how to identify parameters of plant quality which directly estimate its effects on insects, and which can be evaluated in the field.
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Koricheva, J., Haukioja, E. (1992). Birch foliage quality and population density of Eriocrania miners in a pollution-affected area. In: Menken, S.B.J., Visser, J.H., Harrewijn, P. (eds) Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. Series Entomologica, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1654-1_15
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