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Herbivore-induced Blueberry Volatiles and Intra-plant Signaling
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Timing matters for plants and their herbivores
1Department of Ecology, Environment and Geoscience, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. daniel.metcalfe@umu.se.
Nature Ecology & Evolution
|May 1, 2026
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