Sex-biased herbivory: A meta-analysis of the effects of gender on plant-herbivore interactions

Article Abstract:

The sets of meta-analyses are used to review the evidence of sex-biased herbivory in dioecious plants as well as intersexual difference in plant characteristics that might affect herbivores. The result shows although male plants exhibited higher number of herbivores and higher herbivory measured in terms of plant damage compared to female plants, male plants exhibited lower concentration of secondary compounds and other defenses than female plants.

Science & research, Research, Phytochemistry, Plant biochemistry, Plant reproduction

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Herbivore damage to sagebrush induces resistance in wild tobacco: evidence for eavesdropping between plants

Article Abstract:

Evidence for induced resistance in naturally rooted tobacco when sagebrush neighbors are clipped either with scissors or damaged with actual herbivore, is documented. Previous work on communication between plants is used as a background for addressing several questions about communication between sagebrush and tobacco.

Tobacco farms, Tobacco, Tobacco Farming, Analysis, Influence, Growth, Plant ecology, Company growth, Sagebrush, Big sagebrush, Sagebrushes

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Conditional outcomes in plant-herbivore interactions: Neighbors matter

Article Abstract:

The results of a multi-scale experiment performed to test the effect of shrubs as protectors of tree saplings against herbivores and the mechanism involved in Mediterranean ecosystems are presented. The mechanism that explains these results is associational avoidance of saplings that grow near to unpalatable shrubs.

Plants (Organisms), Mediterranean region, Herbivores

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