Tolerating herbivory: does the plant care if the herbivore has a backbone?

Kotanen, PM Rosenthal, JP

Pm. Kotanen et Jp. Rosenthal, Tolerating herbivory: does the plant care if the herbivore has a backbone?, EVOL ECOL, 14(4-6), 2000, pp. 537-549

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Environment/Ecology

EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

0269-7653 → ACNP

14

4-6

2000

537 - 549

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0269-7653(2000)14:4-6<537:THDTPC>2.0.ZU;2-#

Differences in size-related ecology and behaviour between vertebrate and in vertebrate herbivores lead to differences in the rates, tissue specificity, and spatial distribution of their damage, as well as in their indirect eff ects. As a result, many features of tolerance to herbivory by these groups also may differ. Tolerating vertebrate herbivory may demand the ability to tolerate sporadic non-specific impacts; this may be achieved by broad respo nses promoting regrowth and resource acquisition. In contrast, the diversit y of different types of invertebrate damage seems likely to demand a corres pondingly great variety of responses. These conclusions suggest that tolera nce to invertebrates may involve a broader set of responses than tolerance to vertebrates; conversely, the greater specificity of these responses may make it more difficult for arthropod-tolerant plants to achieve cross-toler ance to other types of damage.