ArticleInternational journal of evolutionary biology2012
Divergence in Defence against Herbivores between Males and Females of Dioecious Plant Species.
Article in International journal of evolutionary biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Can Herbivore Feeding Preferences Reinforce the Female-Biased Sex Ratio in an Alpine Willow?Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Season over plant sex: drivers of leaf damage and plant defence in a dioecious Mediterranean shrub.Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany) · 2026Article
- Sex-driven neighborhood effects on herbivory in the dioecious Mediterranean palm Chamaerops humilis L.Oecologia · 2023Article
- Plant sex affects plant-microbiome assemblies of dioecious Populus cathayana trees under different soil nitrogen conditions.Microbiome · 2022Article
- Sex-specific differences inAoB PLANTS · 2021Article
- Sexual and genotypic variation in terpene quantitative and qualitative profiles in the dioecious shrub Baccharis salicifolia.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- Gender Dimorphism Does Not Affect Secondary Compound Composition inFrontiers in plant science · 2018Article
- Sex-specific strategies of resource allocation in response to competition for light in a dioecious plant.Oecologia · 2017Article
- Chemical and physical defense traits in two sexual forms of Opuntia robusta in Central Eastern Mexico.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
Defensive traits may evolve differently between sexes in dioecious plant species. Our current understanding of this process hinges on a partial view of the evolution of resistance traits that may result in male-biased herbivory in dioecious populations. Here, we present a critical summary of the current state of the knowledge of herbivory in dioecious species and propose alternative evolutionary scenarios that have been neglected. These scenarios consider the potential evolutionary and functional determinants of sexual dimorphism in patterns of resource allocation to reproduction, growth, and defence. We review the evidence upon which two previous reviews of sex-biased herbivory have concluded that male-biased herbivory is a rule for dioecious species, and we caution readers about a series of shortcomings of many of these studies. Lastly, we propose a minimal standard protocol that should be followed in any studies that intend to elucidate the (co)evolution of interactions between dioecious plants and their herbivores.
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