Trade-offs constrain the evolution of an inducible defense within but not between plant species.
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DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2857
Abstract: Inducible defense is a common form of phenotypic plasticity, and inducibility (change in defense after herbivore-attack) has long been predicted to trade off with constitutive (or baseline) defense to manage resource allocation. Although such trade-offs… read more here.
Keywords: inducible defense; constrain evolution; trade offs; defense ... See more keywords