Title: | Integrating Studies on Plant-Pollinator and Plant-Herbivore Interactions |
Address: | "Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 16, AA 6700 Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: dani.lucasbarbosa@wur.nl" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.10.013 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1878-4372 (Electronic) 1360-1385 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Research on herbivore-induced plant defence and research on pollination ecology have had a long history of separation. Plant reproduction of most angiosperm species is mediated by pollinators, and the effects of herbivore-induced plant defences on pollinator behaviour have been largely neglected. Moreover, there is expected to be a trade-off between plant reproductive strategies and defence mechanisms. To investigate this trade-off, it is essential to study herbivore-induced plant resistance and allocation of resources by plants, within the same system, and to test if indirect plant resistance can conflict with pollinator attraction. Here, I review the key literature highlighting connection between plant defence and reproduction, and propose to exploit natural variation among plant species to assess the ecological costs of plant responses to herbivores and pollinators" |
Keywords: | Animals Flowers/physiology Herbivory/*physiology *Host-Parasite Interactions Plants/immunology/*parasitology Pollination/*physiology Reproduction Volatile Organic Compounds flowers herbivore-induced plant volatiles herbivory plant fitness resource allocat; |
Notes: | "MedlineLucas-Barbosa, Dani eng Review England 2015/11/26 Trends Plant Sci. 2016 Feb; 21(2):125-133. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.10.013. Epub 2015 Nov 17" |