Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat?
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Article Title | Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat? |
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ERA Journal ID | 2625 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Moles, Angela T. (Author), Peco, Begona (Author), Wallis, Ian R. (Author), Foley, William J. (Author), Poore, Alistair G.B. (Author), Seabloom, Eric W. (Author), Vesk, Peter A. (Author), Bisigato, Alejandro J. (Author), Cella-Pizarro, Lucrecia (Author), Clark, Connie J. (Author), Cohen, Philippe S. (Author), Cornwell, William K. (Author), Edwards, Will (Author), Ejrnaes, Rasmus (Author), Gonzales-Ojeda, Therany (Author), Graae, Bente J. (Author), Hay, Gregory (Author), Lumbwe, Fainess C. (Author), Magana-Rodriguez, Benjamın (Author), Moore, Ben D. (Author), Peri, Pablo L. (Author), Poulsen, John R. (Author), Stegen, James C. (Author), Veldtman, Ruan (Author), Zeipel, Hugovon (Author), Andrew, Nigel R. (Author), Boulter, Sarah L. (Author), Borer, Elizabeth T. (Author), Cornelissen, Johannes H. C. (Author), Farji-Brener, Alejandro G. (Author), DeGabriel, Jane L. (Author), Jurado, Enrique (Author), Kyhn, Line A. (Author), Low, Bill (Author), Mulder, Christa P. H. (Author), Reardon-Smith, Kathryn (Author), Rodriguez-Velazquez, Jorge (Author), De Fortier, An (Author), Zheng, Zheng (Author), Blendinger, Pedro G. (Author), Enquist, Brian J. (Author), Facelli, Jose M. (Author), Knight, Tiffany (Author), Majer, Jonathan D. (Author), Martinez-Ramos, Miguel (Author), McQuillan, Peter (Author) and Hui, Francis K. C. (Author) |
Journal Title | New Phytologist |
Journal Citation | 198 (1), pp. 252-263 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0028-646X |
1469-8137 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12116 |
Web Address (URL) | https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.12116 |
Abstract | Most plant species have a range of traits that deter herbivores. However, understanding of how different defences are related to one another is surprisingly weak. Many authors argue that defence traits trade off against one another, while others argue that they form coordinated We collected a dataset of unprecedented taxonomic and geographic scope (261 species spanning 80 families, from 75 sites across the globe) to investigate relationships among four chemical and six physical defences. Five of the 45 pairwise correlations between defence traits were significant and three of these were tradeoffs. The relationship between species’ overall chemical and physical defence levels was marginally nonsignificant (P = 0.08), and remained nonsignificant after accounting for phylogeny, growth form and abundance. Neither categorical principal component analysis (PCA) nor hierarchical cluster analysis supported the idea that species displayed defence syndromes. Our results do not support arguments for tradeoffs or for coordinated defence syndromes. Rather, plants display a range of combinations of defence traits. We suggest this lack of consistent defence syndromes may be adaptive, resulting from selective pressure to deploy a different combination of defences to coexisting species. |
Keywords | cyanogenesis; extrafloral nectaries; hair; leaf toughness; lipid; plant–herbivore interactions; spines; tannin |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 310403. Biological adaptation |
310402. Biogeography and phylogeography | |
310899. Plant biology not elsewhere classified | |
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Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | University of New South Wales |
Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain | |
Australian National University | |
University of Minnesota, United States | |
University of Melbourne | |
National Patagonian Centre, Argentina | |
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States | |
Stanford University, United States | |
Vrije University Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
James Cook University | |
Aarhus University, Denmark | |
National University of Saint Anthony the Abad in Cuzco, Peru | |
Umea University, Sweden | |
University of South Australia | |
University of Zambia | |
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand | |
National University of Austral Patagonia, Argentina | |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States | |
Stellenbosch University, South Africa | |
Mid Sweden University, Sweden | |
Griffith University | |
National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina | |
Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico | |
Low Ecological Services, Australia | |
University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States | |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments | |
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico | |
University of Zululand, South Africa | |
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | |
National University of Tucuman, Argentina | |
University of Arizona, United States | |
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway | |
University of Washington, United States | |
Curtin University | |
University of Tasmania |
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