Chemically mediated partitioning of resources

we focus upon situations where the resource is principally one of food for the larval or adult stage. Examples where the resource offers adult food as well as a mating and oviposition site will be discussed under the latter category. The twelve-spotted asparagus beetle, Crioceris duodecimpunctata, oviposits 

Let us turn now from the realm of chemical mediation against overcrowding per se to the realm of chemical partitioning of food foraging activities. 

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