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Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory

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Title
Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
Published in
Science, November 2023
DOI 10.1126/science.adh8830
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The Herbivory Variability Network*†, M. L. Robinson, P. G. Hahn, B. D. Inouye, N. Underwood, S. R. Whitehead, K. C. Abbott, E. M. Bruna, N. I. Cacho, L. A. Dyer, L. Abdala-Roberts, W. J. Allen, J. F. Andrade, D. F. Angulo, D. Anjos, D. N. Anstett, R. Bagchi, S. Bagchi, M. Barbosa, S. Barrett, C. A. Baskett, E. Ben-Simchon, K. J. Bloodworth, J. L. Bronstein, Y. M. Buckley, K. T. Burghardt, C. Bustos-Segura, E. S. Calixto, R. L. Carvalho, B. Castagneyrol, M. C. Chiuffo, D. Cinoğlu, E. Cinto Mejía, M. C. Cock, R. Cogni, O. L. Cope, T. Cornelissen, D. R. Cortez, D. W. Crowder, C. Dallstream, W. Dáttilo, J. K. Davis, R. D. Dimarco, H. E. Dole, I. N. Egbon, M. Eisenring, A. Ejomah, B. D. Elderd, M.-J. Endara, M. D. Eubanks, S. E. Everingham, K. N. Farah, R. P. Farias, A. P. Fernandes, G. W. Fernandes, M. Ferrante, A. Finn, G. A. Florjancic, M. L. Forister, Q. N. Fox, E. Frago, F. M. França, A. S. Getman-Pickering, Z. Getman-Pickering, E. Gianoli, B. Gooden, M. M. Gossner, K. A. Greig, S. Gripenberg, R. Groenteman, P. Grof-Tisza, N. Haack, L. Hahn, S. M. Haq, A. M. Helms, J. Hennecke, S. L. Hermann, L. M. Holeski, S. Holm, M. C. Hutchinson, E. E. Jackson, S. Kagiya, A. Kalske, M. Kalwajtys, R. Karban, R. Kariyat, T. Keasar, M. F. Kersch-Becker, H. M. Kharouba, T. N. Kim, D. M. Kimuyu, J. Kluse, S. E. Koerner, K. J. Komatsu, S. Krishnan, M. Laihonen, L. Lamelas-López, M. C. LaScaleia, N. Lecomte, C. R. Lehn, X. Li, R. L. Lindroth, E. F. LoPresti, M. Losada, A. M. Louthan, V. J. Luizzi, S. C. Lynch, J. S. Lynn, N. J. Lyon, L. F. Maia, R. A. Maia, T. L. Mannall, B. S. Martin, T. J. Massad, A. C. McCall, K. McGurrin, A. C. Merwin, Z. Mijango-Ramos, C. H. Mills, A. T. Moles, C. M. Moore, X. Moreira, C. R. Morrison, M. C. Moshobane, A. Muola, R. Nakadai, K. Nakajima, S. Novais, C. O. Ogbebor, H. Ohsaki, V. S. Pan, N. A. Pardikes, M. Pareja, N. Parthasarathy, R. R. Pawar, Q. Paynter, I. S. Pearse, R. M. Penczykowski, A. A. Pepi, C. C. Pereira, S. S. Phartyal, F. I. Piper, K. Poveda, E. G. Pringle, J. Puy, T. Quijano, C. Quintero, S. Rasmann, C. Rosche, L. Y. Rosenheim, J. A. Rosenheim, J. B. Runyon, A. Sadeh, Y. Sakata, D. M. Salcido, C. Salgado-Luarte, B. A. Santos, Y. Sapir, Y. Sasal, Y. Sato, M. Sawant, H. Schroeder, I. Schumann, M. Segoli, H. Segre, O. Shelef, N. Shinohara, R. P. Singh, D. S. Smith, M. Sobral, G. C. Stotz, A. J. M. Tack, M. Tayal, J. F. Tooker, D. Torrico-Bazoberry, K. Tougeron, A. M. Trowbridge, S. Utsumi, O. Uyi, J. L. Vaca-Uribe, A. Valtonen, L. J. A. van Dijk, V. Vandvik, J. Villellas, L. P. Waller, M. G. Weber, A. Yamawo, S. Yim, P. L. Zarnetske, L. N. Zehr, Z. Zhong, W. C. Wetzel

Abstract

Interactions between plants and herbivores are central in most ecosystems, but their strength is highly variable. The amount of variability within a system is thought to influence most aspects of plant-herbivore biology, from ecological stability to plant defense evolution. Our understanding of what influences variability, however, is limited by sparse data. We collected standardized surveys of herbivory for 503 plant species at 790 sites across 116° of latitude. With these data, we show that within-population variability in herbivory increases with latitude, decreases with plant size, and is phylogenetically structured. Differences in the magnitude of variability are thus central to how plant-herbivore biology varies across macroscale gradients. We argue that increased focus on interaction variability will advance understanding of patterns of life on Earth.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 10 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 10%
Student > Master 5 8%
Other 3 5%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 3%
Other 9 15%
Unknown 25 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 12 20%
Environmental Science 9 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 5%
Unspecified 2 3%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 2%
Other 3 5%
Unknown 30 50%
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