TĚŠITEL, Jakub, Markéta TAHADLOVÁ, Jan LEPŠ and Norbert HÖLZEL. Linking insect herbivory with plant traits: Phylogenetically structured trait syndromes matter. Journal of Vegetation Science. HOBOKEN: Wiley, 2021, vol. 32, No 4, p. "e013061", 10 pp. ISSN 1100-9233. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13061.
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Original name Linking insect herbivory with plant traits: Phylogenetically structured trait syndromes matter
Authors TĚŠITEL, Jakub (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Markéta TAHADLOVÁ, Jan LEPŠ and Norbert HÖLZEL.
Edition Journal of Vegetation Science, HOBOKEN, Wiley, 2021, 1100-9233.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.389
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/21:00123498
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13061
UT WoS 000690877500003
Keywords in English comparative analysis; digestibility; fibre; forb; functional traits; grassland; herbivory; insect; leaf chewer; NIRS; nutrient stoichiometry
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Abstract
Questions Herbivory is a fundamental ecological interaction underlying energy and mass flow between primary producers and consumers. Ecological theory describes plant biomass quality in terms of food for herbivores as a functional effect trait. We asked how leaf functional traits affect insect herbivory in a species-rich meadow community. Location Certoryje National Nature Reserve, Bile Karpaty (White Carpathians) Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic. Methods We assessed herbivory of 24 plant species co-occurring in a species-rich semi-natural grassland by measuring herbivore damage caused by leaf-chewing insects. Identification of trait-herbivory links was conducted by a comparative analysis based on a phylogenetically informed regression. Results Plant species strongly differed in leaf-chewer herbivory. Interspecific differences in herbivory and most traits displayed a strong phylogenetic signal associated with the deep evolutionary split between monocot graminoids and dicot forbs. There were also pronounced correlations among individual traits. Herbivory was tightly related to an intercorrelated trait set describing fibre composition and Ca content. There was also a less pronounced negative effect of leaf biomass C:N ratio on herbivory. However, the observed association between traits and herbivory was phylogenetically structured in agreement with the univariate tests of phylogenetic signal. Conclusion Herbivory was associated with a whole syndrome of intercorrelated traits, among which it is not possible to choose a single best trait predictor. Moreover, the principal pattern in this trait syndrome was related to a macro-evolutionary singularity. Such linkage among an ecosystem process, traits, and phylogeny complicates linking ecosystem processes with particular functional traits and may also occur elsewhere in natural ecosystems.
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