Insect herbivore diversity and abundance often decreases with increasing elevation due to greater extremes in temperature and climate (Janzen 1983; Hanson 2000). As a result, herbivore pressure on plants found at high altitude is lower. Thus, one might expect a reduction in the levels of antiherbivore defenses such as secondary metabolites or high fiber at higher altitudes. To test this, leaves from the tropical vine Passiflora biflora (Passifloraceae) were sampled in the Monteverde area of Costa Rica, from 800-1600m. Leaves were tested for cyanide levels, toughness, and percent herbivory. Cyanide in the leaves of P. biflora was found to increase with increasing altitude (P \u3c 0.0001), while leaf toughness decreased with altitude (P = 0.0...
Pollinaria removal was studied in three populations of Asclepias curassavica located on an elevation...
International audienceWith the aim to explore how plants acclimate to elevation changes in the under...
The Páramo is a high elevation mountain ecosystem in the tropical Andes Mountains. This ecosystem pr...
Insect herbivore diversity and abundance often decreases with increasing elevation due to greater ex...
Coevolution can lead to complex biological relationships between tropical plants and herbivores, as ...
Herbivore-induced defenses in plants save energy in the absence of herbivory (Karban et al. 1997). ...
Environmental conditions and plant genotype may influence insect herbivory along elevational gradient...
Plants in the Tropics must evolve strategies for combating high levels of herbivory with few availab...
The conservation of medicinal plants, particularly endangered or endemic species, is of the utmost i...
Species that evolved in high-altitude grasslands, where soils are dystrophic and metal rich, develo...
Global warming is predicted to dramatically alter communities' composition through differential colo...
1. Plants protect themselves against herbivore attacks through a myriad of physical structures and t...
Insects represent one of the most abundant groups of herbivores, and many of them have significant i...
Many hemiepiphytes produce aerial roots and some have mucilage on the growing tips of these roots. T...
Gradient of stressful conditions affect plant physiological and morphological traits. Previous studi...
Pollinaria removal was studied in three populations of Asclepias curassavica located on an elevation...
International audienceWith the aim to explore how plants acclimate to elevation changes in the under...
The Páramo is a high elevation mountain ecosystem in the tropical Andes Mountains. This ecosystem pr...
Insect herbivore diversity and abundance often decreases with increasing elevation due to greater ex...
Coevolution can lead to complex biological relationships between tropical plants and herbivores, as ...
Herbivore-induced defenses in plants save energy in the absence of herbivory (Karban et al. 1997). ...
Environmental conditions and plant genotype may influence insect herbivory along elevational gradient...
Plants in the Tropics must evolve strategies for combating high levels of herbivory with few availab...
The conservation of medicinal plants, particularly endangered or endemic species, is of the utmost i...
Species that evolved in high-altitude grasslands, where soils are dystrophic and metal rich, develo...
Global warming is predicted to dramatically alter communities' composition through differential colo...
1. Plants protect themselves against herbivore attacks through a myriad of physical structures and t...
Insects represent one of the most abundant groups of herbivores, and many of them have significant i...
Many hemiepiphytes produce aerial roots and some have mucilage on the growing tips of these roots. T...
Gradient of stressful conditions affect plant physiological and morphological traits. Previous studi...
Pollinaria removal was studied in three populations of Asclepias curassavica located on an elevation...
International audienceWith the aim to explore how plants acclimate to elevation changes in the under...
The Páramo is a high elevation mountain ecosystem in the tropical Andes Mountains. This ecosystem pr...