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Applications of measurements of consumption and utilization of food by insects are at the interface between alimentary physiology and host selection behavior. It is, therefore, in the basic fields of nutrition, community ecology, and behavior, and in the applied fields of host plant resistance and biological control that one finds studies using consumption indices as analytical criteria.
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Kogan, M., Parra, J.R.P. (1981). Techniques and Applications of Measurements of Consumption and Utilization of Food by Phytophagous Insects. In: Bhaskaran, G., Friedman, S., Rodriguez, J.G. (eds) Current Topics in Insect Endocrinology and Nutrition. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3210-7_18
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