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

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. Vandvick; J. Villelas; L. P. Waller; M. G. Weber; A. Yamawo; S. Yim; P. L. Zarnestske; L. N. Zehr; Z. Zhong; William Wetzel

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

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

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, …

Science, Vol.382(6671), pp.679-683

09/11/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh8830

PMID: 37943897

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Editor’s summary: Herbivory is a major selection pressure on plants, which have evolved many different physical and chemical adaptations to prevent animals from eating their tissues. However, herbivory pressure can be highly variable, even between plants in the same population. The Herbivory Variability Network consortium used standardized surveys to compare herbivory variability within populations at 790 sites across five continents. They found that the weak increase in mean herbivory at lower latitudes was accompanied by lower variation between individuals. Smaller plant species had higher herbivory variability, which also showed a phylogenetic signal. These findings highlight how variation in species interactions can influence eco-evolutionary outcomes. —Bianca LopezAbstract: 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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Title: Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
Creators - without role: M. L. Robinson - Michigan State University
P. G. Hahn - University of Florida
B. D. Inouye - Florida State University
N. Underwood - Florida State University
S. R. Whitehead - Virginia Tech
K. C. Abbott - Case Western Reserve University
E. M. Bruna - University of Florida
N. I. Cacho - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
L. A. Dyer - University of Nevada, Reno
L. Abdala-Roberts - Autonomous University of Yucatán
W. J. Allen - University of Canterbury
J. F. Andrade - Universidade Federal da Paraíba
D. F. Angulo - Secretaría de Investigación, Innovación y Educación Superior
D. Anjos - Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
D. N. Anstett - Michigan State University
R. Bagchi - University of Connecticut
S. Bagchi - Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
M. Barbosa - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
S. Barrett - Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
C. A. Baskett - Institute of Science and Technology Austria
E. Ben-Simchon - Hebrew University of Jerusalem
K. J. Bloodworth - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
J. L. Bronstein - University of Arizona
Y. M. Buckley - Trinity College Dublin
K. T. Burghardt - University of Baltimore
C. Bustos-Segura - University of Neuchâtel
E. S. Calixto - University of Florida
R. L. Carvalho - Universidade de São Paulo
B. Castagneyrol - Université de Bordeaux
M. C. Chiuffo - National University of Comahue
D. Cinoğlu - The University of Texas at Austin
E. Cinto Mejía - Michigan State University
M. C. Cock - Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
R. Cogni - Universidade de São Paulo
O. L. Cope - Whitworth University
T. Cornelissen - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
D. R. Cortez - California State University, San Bernardino
D. W. Crowder - Washington State University
C. Dallstream - McGill University
W. Dáttilo - Instituto de Ecología
J. K. Davis - Cornell University
R. D. Dimarco - University of Houston
H. E. Dole - Michigan State University
I. N. Egbon - University of Benin
M. Eisenring - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
A. Ejomah - University of Benin
B. D. Elderd - Louisiana State University
M.-J. Endara - Universidad de Las Américas
M. D. Eubanks - Texas A&M University
S. E. Everingham - UNSW Sydney
K. N. Farah - Washington University in St. Louis
R. P. Farias - Universidade Federal da Bahia
A. P. Fernandes - Ganpat Parsekar College of Education
G. W. Fernandes - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
M. Ferrante - University of Göttingen
A. Finn - Trinity College Dublin
G. A. Florjancic - Virginia Tech
M. L. Forister - University of Nevada, Reno
Q. N. Fox - Washington University in St. Louis
E. Frago - Centre de Biologie et de Gestion des Populations
F. M. França - University of Bristol
A. S. Getman-Pickering - no affiliation
Z. Getman-Pickering - Amherst College
E. Gianoli - University of La Serena
B. Gooden - CSIRO Health and Biosecurity
M. M. Gossner - Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
K. A. Greig - The University of Texas at Austin
S. Gripenberg - University of Reading
R. Groenteman - Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
P. Grof-Tisza - University of Neuchâtel
N. Haack - Independent Institute for Environmental Issues
L. Hahn - Leipzig University
S. M. Haq - EcoHealth Alliance
A. M. Helms - Texas A&M University
J. Hennecke - Leipzig University
S. L. Hermann - Pennsylvania State University
L. M. Holeski - Northern Arizona University
S. Holm - University of Eastern Finland
M. C. Hutchinson - University of California, Merced
E. E. Jackson - University of Reading
S. Kagiya - Hokkaido University
A. Kalske - University of Turku
M. Kalwajtys - Michigan State University
R. Karban - University of California, Davis
R. Kariyat - University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
T. Keasar - Oranim Academic College of Education
M. F. Kersch-Becker - Pennsylvania State University
H. M. Kharouba - Wilfrid Laurier University
T. N. Kim - Kansas State University
D. M. Kimuyu - Karatina University
J. Kluse - Louisiana State University
S. E. Koerner - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
K. J. Komatsu - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
S. Krishnan - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
M. Laihonen - University of Turku
L. Lamelas-López - Universidade dos Açores
M. C. LaScaleia - University of Connecticut
N. Lecomte - Université de Moncton
C. R. Lehn - Instituto Federal Farroupilha
X. Li - Jilin Agricultural University
R. L. Lindroth - University of Wisconsin–Madison
E. F. Lopresti - University of South Carolina
M. Losada - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
A. M. Louthan - Kansas State University
V. J. Luizzi - University of Arizona
S. C. Lynch - Kansas State University
J. S. Lynn - University of Bergen
N. J. Lyon - Michigan State University
L. F. Maia - University of Bristol
R. A. Maia - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
T. L. Mannall - University of Bern
B. S. Martin - Michigan State University
T. J. Massad - Gorongosa National Park
A. C. McCall - Denison University
K. McGurrin - University of Maryland, College Park
A. C. Merwin - Baldwin–Wallace College
Z. Mijango-Ramos - The University of Texas at Austin
C. H. Mills - UNSW Sydney
A. T. Moles - UNSW Sydney
C. M. Moore - Colby College
X. Moreira - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
C. R. Morrison - The University of Texas at Austin
M. C. Moshobane - University of KwaZulu-Natal
A. Muola - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
R. Nakadai - Yokohama National University
K. Nakajima - Chuo University
S. Novais - Instituto de Ecología
C. O. Ogbebor - Nigerian Institute For Oil Palm Reasearch
H. Ohsaki - Hirosaki University
V. S. Pan - Michigan State University
N. A. Pardikes - Utah State University
M. Pareja - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
N. Parthasarathy - Pondicherry University
R. R. Pawar - no affiliation
Q. Paynter - Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
I. S. Pearse - United States Geological Survey
R. M. Penczykowski - Washington University in St. Louis
A. A. Pepi - Tufts University
C. C. Pereira - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
S. S. Phartyal - Nalanda University
F. I. Piper - Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity
K. Poveda - Cornell University
E. G. Pringle - University of Nevada, Reno
J. Puy - Trinity College Dublin
T. Quijano - Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
C. Quintero - National University of Comahue
S. Rasmann - University of Neuchâtel
C. Rosche - German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
L. Y. Rosenheim - University of California, Davis
J. A. Rosenheim - University of California, Davis
J. B. Runyon - Rocky Mountain Research Station
A. Sadeh - Newe Ya’ar Research Center
Y. Sakata - Akita Prefectural University
D. M. Salcido - University of Nevada, Reno
C. Salgado-Luarte - University of La Serena
B. A. Santos - Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Y. Sapir - Tel Aviv University
Y. Sasal - National University of Comahue
Y. Sato - University of Zurich
M. Sawant - Savitribai Phule Pune University
H. Schroeder - Cornell University
I. Schumann - Leipzig University
M. Segoli - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
H. Segre - Agricultural Research Organization
O. Shelef - Agricultural Research Organization
N. Shinohara - Tohoku University
R. P. Singh - University of Florida
D. S. Smith - Florida Museum of Natural History
M. Sobral - Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
G. C. Stotz - Fundación Ciencia and Vida
A. J. M. Tack - Plant
M. Tayal - Clemson University
J. F. Tooker - Pennsylvania State University
D. Torrico-Bazoberry - Universidad del Desarrollo
K. Tougeron - Université de Picardie Jules Verne
A. M. Trowbridge - University of Wisconsin–Madison
S. Utsumi - Hokkaido University
O. Uyi - University of Benin
J. L. Vaca-Uribe - Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios
A. Valtonen - University of Eastern Finland
L. J. A. van Dijk - Swedish Museum of Natural History
V. Vandvick - University of Bergen
J. Villelas - Universidad de Alcalá
L. P. Waller - University of Lincoln
M. G. Weber - University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. Yamawo - Hirosaki University
S. Yim - University of Nevada, Reno
P. L. Zarnestske - Michigan State University
L. N. Zehr - Michigan State University
Z. Zhong - Northeast Normal University
William Wetzel - Michigan State University
Publication Details: Science, Vol.382(6671), pp.679-683
Grant note: The authors acknowledge funding for central project coordination from NSF Research Coordination Network grant DEB-2203582; the Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior Program at Michigan State University; and AgBioResearch at Michigan State University. Site-specific funding is listed in the supplementary materials.
Identifiers: 9933995809311
Academic Unit: Université de Montpellier
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
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