Effects of latitude and conspecific plant density on insect leaf herbivory in oak saplings and seedlings
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- Xoaquín Moreira, Luis Abdala‐Roberts, Pieter De Frenne (UGent) , Andrea Galmán, Álvaro Gaytán, Raimo Jaatinen, Beatriz Lago‐Núñez, Camille Meeussen, Pertti Pulkkinen, Pil U. Rasmussen, Jan P.J.G. Ten Hoopen, Bart G.H. Timmermans, Carla Vázquez‐González, Nick Bos, Bastien Castagneyrol and Ayco J.M. Tack
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- PREMISE: Abiotic factors and plant species traits have been shown to drive latitudinal gradients in herbivory, and yet, population-level factors have been largely overlooked within this context. One such factor is plant density, which may influence the strength of herbivory and may vary with latitude. METHODS: We measured insect herbivory and conspecific plant density (CPD) of oak (Quercus robur) seedlings and saplings along a 17 degrees latitudinal gradient (2700 km) to test whether herbivory exhibited a latitudinal gradient, whether herbivory was associated with CPD, and whether such an association changed with latitude. RESULTS: We found a positive but saturating association between latitude and leaf herbivory. Furthermore, we found no significant relationship between CPD and herbivory, and such lack of density effects remained consistent throughout the sampled latitudinal gradient. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the apparently negligible influence of plant density on herbivory for Q. robur, further research with other plant taxa and in different types of plant communities are needed to investigate density-dependent processes shaping geographical variation in plant-herbivore interactions.
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- density dependence, latitudinal gradients, plant-herbivore interactions, Quercus robur, saplings, seedlings, DIVERSITY, PATTERNS, GRADIENTS, DEFENSE, DAMAGE
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- Moreira, Xoaquín, et al. “Effects of Latitude and Conspecific Plant Density on Insect Leaf Herbivory in Oak Saplings and Seedlings.” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol. 108, no. 1, 2021, pp. 172–76, doi:10.1002/ajb2.1596.
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- Moreira, X., Abdala‐Roberts, L., De Frenne, P., Galmán, A., Gaytán, Á., Jaatinen, R., … Tack, A. J. M. (2021). Effects of latitude and conspecific plant density on insect leaf herbivory in oak saplings and seedlings. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, 108(1), 172–176. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1596
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- Moreira, Xoaquín, Luis Abdala‐Roberts, Pieter De Frenne, Andrea Galmán, Álvaro Gaytán, Raimo Jaatinen, Beatriz Lago‐Núñez, et al. 2021. “Effects of Latitude and Conspecific Plant Density on Insect Leaf Herbivory in Oak Saplings and Seedlings.” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 108 (1): 172–76. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1596.
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- Moreira, Xoaquín, Luis Abdala‐Roberts, Pieter De Frenne, Andrea Galmán, Álvaro Gaytán, Raimo Jaatinen, Beatriz Lago‐Núñez, Camille Meeussen, Pertti Pulkkinen, Pil U. Rasmussen, Jan P.J.G. Ten Hoopen, Bart G.H. Timmermans, Carla Vázquez‐González, Nick Bos, Bastien Castagneyrol, and Ayco J.M. Tack. 2021. “Effects of Latitude and Conspecific Plant Density on Insect Leaf Herbivory in Oak Saplings and Seedlings.” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 108 (1): 172–176. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1596.
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- 1.Moreira X, Abdala‐Roberts L, De Frenne P, Galmán A, Gaytán Á, Jaatinen R, et al. Effects of latitude and conspecific plant density on insect leaf herbivory in oak saplings and seedlings. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY. 2021;108(1):172–6.
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- [1]X. Moreira et al., “Effects of latitude and conspecific plant density on insect leaf herbivory in oak saplings and seedlings,” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, vol. 108, no. 1, pp. 172–176, 2021.
@article{8741396,
abstract = {{PREMISE: Abiotic factors and plant species traits have been shown to drive latitudinal gradients in herbivory, and yet, population-level factors have been largely overlooked within this context. One such factor is plant density, which may influence the strength of herbivory and may vary with latitude.
METHODS: We measured insect herbivory and conspecific plant density (CPD) of oak (Quercus robur) seedlings and saplings along a 17 degrees latitudinal gradient (2700 km) to test whether herbivory exhibited a latitudinal gradient, whether herbivory was associated with CPD, and whether such an association changed with latitude.
RESULTS: We found a positive but saturating association between latitude and leaf herbivory. Furthermore, we found no significant relationship between CPD and herbivory, and such lack of density effects remained consistent throughout the sampled latitudinal gradient.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite the apparently negligible influence of plant density on herbivory for Q. robur, further research with other plant taxa and in different types of plant communities are needed to investigate density-dependent processes shaping geographical variation in plant-herbivore interactions.}},
author = {{Moreira, Xoaquín and Abdala‐Roberts, Luis and De Frenne, Pieter and Galmán, Andrea and Gaytán, Álvaro and Jaatinen, Raimo and Lago‐Núñez, Beatriz and Meeussen, Camille and Pulkkinen, Pertti and Rasmussen, Pil U. and Ten Hoopen, Jan P.J.G. and Timmermans, Bart G.H. and Vázquez‐González, Carla and Bos, Nick and Castagneyrol, Bastien and Tack, Ayco J.M.}},
issn = {{0002-9122}},
journal = {{AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY}},
keywords = {{density dependence,latitudinal gradients,plant-herbivore interactions,Quercus robur,saplings,seedlings,DIVERSITY,PATTERNS,GRADIENTS,DEFENSE,DAMAGE}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
pages = {{172--176}},
title = {{Effects of latitude and conspecific plant density on insect leaf herbivory in oak saplings and seedlings}},
url = {{http://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.1596}},
volume = {{108}},
year = {{2021}},
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