ArticleEcology and evolution2019
The latitudinal herbivory hypothesis revisited: To be part is to be whole.
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- The latitudinal herbivory hypothesis revisited: To be part is to be whole.Ecology and evolution · 2019Article
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Abstract
As the big data accumulation in ecology picks up pace, we now have the opportunity to test several macroecological hypotheses, such as the latitudinal herbivory hypothesis (LHH) dated from the 1990s. The LHH proposes that plant-herbivore interactions decrease as latitude increases, that is, from lower latitudinal areas (i.e., the equator) to higher latitudinal areas (i.e., the poles). This hypothesis has been challenged in recent years. In this study, we used the greatest volume dataset of leaf herbivory from the study of Zhang et al. (
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