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ReviewTrends in ecology & evolution2021

Predictability of Biotic Stress Structures Plant Defence Evolution.

Daan Mertens, Karina Boege, André Kessler, Julia Koricheva, Jennifer S Thaler, Noah K Whiteman, Erik H Poelman

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Review in Trends in ecology & evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Daan MertensLaboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: daan.mertens@wur.nl.
Karina BoegeInstituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Apartado Postal 70-275, Coyoacán, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
André KesslerDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Julia KorichevaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
Jennifer S ThalerDepartment of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Noah K WhitemanDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Erik H PoelmanLaboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, P.O. Box 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: erik.poelman@wur.nl.

Funding

Co-evolutionary Genetics of Host-Parasite InteractionsR35GM119816 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NOAH K WHITEMAN · 2016 to 2026
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NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119816
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To achieve ecological and reproductive success, plants need to mitigate a multitude of stressors. The stressors encountered by plants are highly dynamic but typically vary predictably due to seasonality or correlations among stressors. As plants face physiological and ecological constraints in responses to stress, it can be beneficial for plants to evolve the ability to incorporate predictable patterns of stress in their life histories. Here, we discuss how plants predict adverse conditions, which plant strategies integrate predictability of biotic stress, and how such strategies can evolve. We propose that plants commonly optimise responses to correlated sequences or combinations of herbivores and pathogens, and that the predictability of these patterns is a key factor governing plant strategies in dynamic environments.

Indexed as

PlantsStress, PhysiologicalHerbivoryanticipatory responsesgrowth-defence strategyinduced defencepredictabilityrisk perception

Identifiers

PMID33468354
PMCPMC8046718

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