The recruitment of forest trees is driven by both bottom-up processes (the acquisition of
resources) and top-down processes (herbivory). To initiate stand regeneration, foresters …

Plant dwarfism, a syndrome characterised by a significant reduction in plant height and
organ size, is a widely observed pattern of stress‐tolerant life‐form evolution that results …

Excessive herbivory can have transformative effects on forest understory vegetation,
converting diverse communities into depauperate ones, often with increased abundance of …

To address the role of insect herbivores in adaptation of plant populations and the
persistence of selection through succession, we manipulated herbivory in a long-term field …

Root-associated microbial communities are well known for their ability to prime and augment
plant defenses that reduce herbivore survival or alter behavior (ie, resistance). In contrast …

Spatial variation in the occurrence of browsing ungulates can drive local adaptation in plant
traits but also lead to trade‐offs among traits potentially enhancing competitive ability versus …

Premise of research. Tacca is a monocot genus characterized by an unusual reproductive
display, with plants possessing umbelliform inflorescences subtended by highly …

A capacity for rapid adaptation should enhance the persistence of populations subject to
temporal and spatial heterogeneity in natural selection, but examples from nature remain …

The evolution of plant defence in response to herbivory will depend on the fitness effects of
damage, availability of genetic variation and potential ecological and genetic constraints on …

Herbivory imposes substantial selection pressure on plants, with the ability to regrow and
maintain reproductive success a challenging but often necessary response by the plant …