Plant responses induced by herbivore damage can provide fitness benefits, but can also have important costs due to altered interactions with mutualist pollinators. We examined the effects of plant responses to herbivory in a hummingbird-pollinated distylous shrub, Palicourea angustifolia. Through a series of field experiments we investigated whether damage from foliar herbivores leads to a reduction in fruit set, influences floral visitation, or alters floral traits that may influence pollinator preference or pollinator efficiency. Foliar herbivory by a generalist grasshopper led to reduced fruit set in branches that were directly damaged as well as in adjacent undamaged branches on the same plant. Furthermore, herbivory resulted in reduced...
Plants evolved strategies to attract pollinators that are essential for reproduction. However, plant...
Although induced plant responses to herbivory are well studied as mechanisms of resistance, how indu...
Herbivory induces various responses in plants, thus altering the plants’ phenotype in chemical and m...
Plant responses induced by herbivore damage can provide fitness benefits, but can also have importan...
<div><p>Plant responses induced by herbivore damage can provide fitness benefits, but can also have ...
1. Plants interact simultaneously with both mutualists and antagonists. While webs of plant-animal i...
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Organisms engage in multiple species interactions simultaneously. While pollin...
1. Plants need to deal with antagonists, such as herbivores, while maintaining interactions with mut...
Trait-mediated indirect effects (TMIEs) refer to interactions in which the effect of one species on ...
Pollinator-mediated selection towards larger and abundant flowers is common in naturally pollen-limi...
<p><b>A. Diagram of thrum and pin floral morphs in <i>Palicourea angustifolia</i>. B. <i>Zeromastax ...
Plant phenotypic plasticity in response to antagonists can affect other community members such as mu...
Particular floral phenotypes are often associated with specific groups of pollinators. However, flow...
Herbivory induces changes in plants that influence the associated insect community. The present stud...
Florivory, or damage to flowers by herbivores, can make flowers less attractive to pollinators, pote...
Plants evolved strategies to attract pollinators that are essential for reproduction. However, plant...
Although induced plant responses to herbivory are well studied as mechanisms of resistance, how indu...
Herbivory induces various responses in plants, thus altering the plants’ phenotype in chemical and m...
Plant responses induced by herbivore damage can provide fitness benefits, but can also have importan...
<div><p>Plant responses induced by herbivore damage can provide fitness benefits, but can also have ...
1. Plants interact simultaneously with both mutualists and antagonists. While webs of plant-animal i...
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Organisms engage in multiple species interactions simultaneously. While pollin...
1. Plants need to deal with antagonists, such as herbivores, while maintaining interactions with mut...
Trait-mediated indirect effects (TMIEs) refer to interactions in which the effect of one species on ...
Pollinator-mediated selection towards larger and abundant flowers is common in naturally pollen-limi...
<p><b>A. Diagram of thrum and pin floral morphs in <i>Palicourea angustifolia</i>. B. <i>Zeromastax ...
Plant phenotypic plasticity in response to antagonists can affect other community members such as mu...
Particular floral phenotypes are often associated with specific groups of pollinators. However, flow...
Herbivory induces changes in plants that influence the associated insect community. The present stud...
Florivory, or damage to flowers by herbivores, can make flowers less attractive to pollinators, pote...
Plants evolved strategies to attract pollinators that are essential for reproduction. However, plant...
Although induced plant responses to herbivory are well studied as mechanisms of resistance, how indu...
Herbivory induces various responses in plants, thus altering the plants’ phenotype in chemical and m...