SynthesisOecologia2012
Sources of variation in plant responses to belowground insect herbivory: a meta-analysis.
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- Modeling root loss reveals impacts on nutrient uptake and crop development.Plant physiology · 2022Article
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- Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses in ecology and evolutionary biology: a PRISMA extension.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2021Article
- Altered precipitation and root herbivory affect the productivity and composition of a mesic grassland.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Root secondary growth: an unexplored component of soil resource acquisition.Annals of botany · 2020Review
- Root Herbivory: Grass Species,Microorganisms · 2020Article
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- Chemical Diversity and Classification of Secondary Metabolites in Nine Bryophyte Species.Metabolites · 2019Article
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- A Herbivore Tag-and-Trace System Reveals Contact- and Density-Dependent Repellence of a Root Toxin.Journal of chemical ecology · 2017Article
- A fungal endophyte helps plants to tolerate root herbivory through changes in gibberellin and jasmonate signaling.The New phytologist · 2016Article
- Get Tough, Get Toxic, or Get a Bodyguard: Identifying Candidate Traits Conferring Belowground Resistance to Herbivores in Grasses.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Review
- Root Herbivores Drive Changes to Plant Primary Chemistry, but Root Loss Is Mitigated under Elevated Atmospheric CO2.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- Novel In vitro Procedures for Rearing a Root-Feeding Pest (Heteronychus arator) of Grasslands.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- DRI-Grass: A New Experimental Platform for Addressing Grassland Ecosystem Responses to Future Precipitation Scenarios in South-East Australia.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- Two Birch Species Demonstrate Opposite Latitudinal Patterns in Infestation by Gall-Making Mites in Northern Europe.PloS one · 2016Article
- The equal effectiveness of different defensive strategies.Scientific reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
Growing interest in belowground herbivory and the remarkable diversity of the accumulated information on this topic inspired us to quantitatively explore the variation in the outcomes of individual studies. We conducted a meta-analysis of 85 experimental studies reporting the effects of root-feeding insect herbivores (36 species) on plants (75 species). On average, belowground herbivory led to a 36.3% loss of root biomass, which was accompanied by a reduction in aboveground growth (-16.3%), photosynthesis (-11.7%) and reproduction (-15.5%). The effects of root herbivory on aboveground plant characteristics were significant in agricultural and biological control studies, but not in studies of natural systems. Experiments conducted in controlled environments yielded larger effects on plants than field experiments, and infestation experiments resulted in more severe effects than removal studies employing natural levels of herbivory. Simulated root herbivory led to greater aboveground growth reductions than similar root loss imposed by insect feeding. External root chewers caused stronger detrimental effects than sap feeders or root borers; specialist herbivores imposed milder adverse effects on plants than generalists. Woody plants suffered from root herbivory more than herbaceous plants, although root loss was similar in these two groups. Evergreen woody plants responded to root herbivory more strongly than deciduous woody plants, and grasses suffered from root herbivory more than herbs. Environmental factors such as drought, poor nutrient supply, among-plant competition, and aboveground herbivory increased the adverse effects of root damage on plants in an additive manner. In general, plant tolerance to root herbivores is lower than tolerance to defoliating aboveground herbivores.
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