Fruit defence syndromes: the independent evolution of mechanical and chemical defences
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DOI: 10.1007/s10682-017-9919-y
Abstract: Plants are prone to attack by a great diversity of antagonists against which they deploy various defence mechanisms, of which the two principle ones are mechanical and chemical defences. These defences are hypothesized to be… read more here.
Keywords: defence; chemical defences; independent evolution; chemical ... See more keywords
Inducibility of chemical defences in young oak trees is stronger in species with high elevational ranges.
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DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpy139
Abstract: Elevational gradients have been highly useful for understanding the underlying forces driving variation in plant traits and plant-insect herbivore interactions. A widely held view from these studies has been that greater herbivory under warmer and… read more here.
Keywords: plant; chemical defences; inducibility; elevational ranges ... See more keywords
How to fight multiple enemies: target-specific chemical defences in an aposematic moth
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1424
Abstract: Animals have evolved different defensive strategies to survive predation, among which chemical defences are particularly widespread and diverse. Here we investigate the function of chemical defence diversity, hypothesizing that such diversity has evolved as a… read more here.
Keywords: multiple enemies; chemical defences; target specific; enemies target ... See more keywords
Climate affects neighbour-induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity-herbivory relationships.
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DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13700
Abstract: Associational resistance theory predicts that insect herbivory decreases with increasing tree diversity in forest ecosystems. However, the generality of this effect and its underlying mechanisms are still debated, particularly since evidence has accumulated that climate… read more here.
Keywords: tree diversity; diversity; chemical defences; herbivory ... See more keywords
Latitudinal variation in plant chemical defences drives latitudinal patterns of leaf herbivory
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DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03326
Abstract: A long-standing paradigm in ecology holds that herbivore pressure and thus plant defences increase towards lower latitudes. However, recent work has challenged this prediction where studies have found no relationship or opposite trends where herbivory… read more here.
Keywords: chemical defences; variation; leaf herbivory; plant ... See more keywords