A framework for predicting intraspecific variation in plant defense

PG Hahn, JL Maron - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2016‏ - cell.com
One of the most well-supported theories regarding the evolution of plant defenses is the
resource availability hypothesis (RAH). RAH posits that species from high-resource …

Sources of controversy surrounding latitudinal patterns in herbivory and defense

DN Anstett, KA Nunes, C Baskett… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2016‏ - cell.com
Both herbivory and plant defenses against herbivores have been predicted to increase
toward tropical regions. Early tests of this latitudinal herbivory-defense hypothesis (LHDH) …

Future directions in the ontogeny of plant defence: understanding the evolutionary causes and consequences

KE Barton, K Boege - Ecology Letters, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Plant defence often varies by orders of magnitude as plants develop from the seedling to
juvenile to mature and senescent stages. Ontogenetic trajectories can involve switches …

Is the notion that species interactions are stronger and more specialized in the tropics a zombie idea?

AT Moles, J Ollerton - Biotropica, 2016‏ - JSTOR
TREMELY WIDELY ACCEPTED. A range of factors have been proposed to contribute to this
gradient, including the greater time since glaciation, the lack of freezing winters and a …

Latitudinal variation in plant chemical defences drives latitudinal patterns of leaf herbivory

X Moreira, B Castagneyrol, L Abdala‐Roberts… - …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Ecological interactions, environmental gradients, and gene flow in local adaptation

X López-Goldar, AA Agrawal - Trends in Plant Science, 2021‏ - cell.com
Despite long-standing interest in local adaptation of plants to their biotic and abiotic
environment, existing theory, and many case studies, little work to date has addressed within …

Global insect herbivory and its response to climate change

M Liu, P Jiang, JM Chase, X Liu - Current Biology, 2024‏ - cell.com
Herbivorous insects consume a large proportion of the energy flow in terrestrial ecosystems
and play a major role in the dynamics of plant populations and communities. However, high …

Latitudinal variation in herbivory: hemispheric asymmetries and the role of climatic drivers

S Zhang, Y Zhang, K Ma - Journal of Ecology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the past, it was widely accepted that herbivory decreased with latitude. However, several
empirical studies have failed to support this hypothesis, leading to strong debate. In addition …

Biotic and abiotic factors associated with altitudinal variation in plant traits and herbivory in a dominant oak species

L Abdala‐Roberts, S Rasmann… - American journal of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: It is generally thought that herbivore pressure is higher at lower
elevations where climate is warmer and less seasonal, and that this has led to higher levels …

The simultaneous inducibility of phytochemicals related to plant direct and indirect defences against herbivores is stronger at low elevation

L Pellissier, X Moreira, H Danner, M Serrano… - Journal of …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ecological theory indicates that warmer and more stable climates should result in stronger
biotic interactions. Therefore, plant species growing at lower elevations and experiencing …