Publications by authors named "Hugo von Zeipel"
Article Synopsis
- Most plant species have various traits to deter herbivores, but the connections between these defensive traits are poorly understood.
- Researchers analyzed data from 261 plant species across 80 families globally to explore the relationships between different chemical and physical defenses.
- The findings reveal that while there are some tradeoffs in defense traits, most species exhibit unique combinations of defenses rather than fitting into coordinated defense syndromes, possibly as a strategy to adapt to competition with coexisting species.
• It has long been believed that plant species from the tropics have higher levels of traits associated with resistance to herbivores than do species from higher latitudes. A meta-analysis recently showed that the published literature does not support this theory. However, the idea has never been tested using data gathered with consistent methods from a wide range of latitudes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTiming of seasonal plant development can affect biotic interactions and plant fitness. Phenology is governed largely by temperature and may therefore be affected by global climate warming, making this an important area of research. Several factors in addition to temperature may cause differences in phenology.
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