Intraspecific competition facilitates the evolution of tolerance to insect damage in the perennial plant Solanum carolinense

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1033-1044

  McNutt, David W ^a   Halpern, Stacey L ^b   Barrows, Kahaili ^b   Underwood, Nora ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory responses; Costs of tolerance; Phenotypic plasticity; Plant herbivore interactions; Solanum carolinense

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; CLONAL ORGANISM; COMPENSATION; DAMAGE; DICOTYLEDON; FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TOLERANCE;

HEXAPODA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM CAROLINENSE;

EID: 84869092700     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2377-x     Document Type: Article

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