A coevolutionary arms race: Understanding plant-herbivore interactions

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 288-292

  Becklin, Katie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 46049120430     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685(2008)70[288:ACARUP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Agrawal, A.A. (2000). Benefits and costs of induced plant defense for Lepidium virginicum (Brassicaceae). Ecology, 81, 1804-1813.
2. Agrawal, A.A. (2004). Plant defense and density dependence in the population growth of herbivores. American Naturalist, 164, 113-120.
3. Agrawal, A.A., Strauss, S.Y. & Stout, M.J. (1999). Costs of induced responses and tolerance to herbivory in male and female fitness components of wild radish. Evolution, 53, 1093-1104.
4. Berenbaum, M. (1980). Adaptive significance of midgut pH in larval Lepidoptera. American Naturalist, 115, 138-146.
5. Chapman, R.E. (1998). The Insects: Structure and Function. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
6. Coddington, E.J. & Chamberlin, M.E. (1999). Acid/base transport across the midgut of the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Journal of Insect Physiology, 45, 493-500.
7. Coley, P.D., Bryant, J.P. & Chapin, F.S. (1985). Resource availability and plant antiherbivore defense. Science, 230, 895-899.
8. Ehrlich, P.R. & Raven, P.H. (1964). Butterflies and plants: a study in coevolution. Evolution, 18, 586-608.
9. Engler, H.S., Spencer, K.C. & Gilbert, L.E. (2000). Insect metabolism-preventing cyanide release from leaves. Nature, 406, 144-145.
10. Feeny, P. (1970). Seasonal changes in oak leaf tannins and nutrients as a cause of spring feeding by winter moth caterpillars. Ecology, 51, 565-581.
11. Gardner, S.N. & Agrawal, A.A. (2002). Induced plant defense and the evolution of counter-defenses in herbivores. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 4, 1131-1151.
12. Gatehouse, J.A. (2002). Plant resistance towards insect herbivores: A dynamic interaction. New Phytologist, 156, 145-169.
13. Hagerman A. (2002). Tannin Handbook. Oxford, OH: Miami University.
14. Karban, R. & Agrawal, A.A. (2002). Herbivore offense. Annual Review of Ecological Systems, 33, 641-664.
15. Kliebenstein, D.J. (2004). Secondary metabolites and plant/environment interactions: A view through Arabidopsis thaliana tinged glasses. Plant, Cell & Environment, 27, 675-684.
16. Lerdau, M., Litvak, M. & Monson, R. (1994). Plant chemical defense. Monoterpenes and the growth-difference balance hypothesis. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 9, 58-61.
17. Mauricio, R. (1998). Cost of resistance to natural enemies in field populations of the annual plant Arabadopsis thaliana. The American Naturalist, 151, 20-28.
18. Mole, S. (1994). Trade-offs and constraints in plant-herbivore defense theory: A life-history perspective. Oikos, 71, 3-12.
19. Novotry, V. & Basset, Y. (2005). Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical rainforests. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 272, 1083-1090.
20. Siemens, D.H., Garner, S.H., Mitchell-Olds, T. & Callaway, R.M. (2002). Cost of defense in the context of plant competition: Brassica rapa may grow and defend. Ecology, 83, 505-517.
21. Silliman, B.R., van de Koppel, J., Bertness, M.D., Stanton, L.E. & Mendelssohn, I.A. (2005). Drought, snails, and large-scale die-off of southern US salt marshes. Science, 310, 1803-1806.
22. Traw, M.B. & Dawson, T.E. (2002a). Differential induction of trichomes by three herbivores of black mustard. Oecologia, 131, 526-532.
23. Traw, M.B. & Dawson, T.E. (2002b). Reduced performance of two specialist herbivores (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on new leaves of damaged black mustard plants. Population Ecology, 31, 714-722.