ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2025
Herbivory can increase plant fitness via reduced interspecific competition-evidence from models and mesocosms.
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- Strain, procedures, and tools for reproducible genetic transformation and genome editing of the emerging plant model Spirodela polyrhiza.The New phytologist · 2026Article
- Leaf Damage is Not the Answer! Reduced Herbivore Pressure Does Not Underpin Either Downhill or Uphill Range Shifts.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Aphid herbivory on macrophytes drives adaptive evolution in an aquatic community via indirect effects.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Copper-Induced Transgenerational Plasticity in Plant Defence Boosts Aphid Fitness.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
- Clonal parental effects on competitive interactions between two duckweeds.Frontiers in plant science · 2025Article
- Herbivory can increase plant fitness via reduced interspecific competition-evidence from models and mesocosms.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Herbivores are generally considered to reduce plant fitness. However, as in natural communities they often feed on several competing plant species, herbivores can also increase plant fitness by reducing interspecific competition among plants. In this study, we developed a testable model to predict plant fitness in the presence of an interspecific competitor and a herbivore that feeds on both plant species. Our model allows prediction of the herbivore and competitor densities at which the focal species will benefit from herbivory. This can be estimated by quantifying the effects of the herbivore on the fitness of the focal plant and on its competitor, and by estimating the levels of intra- and interspecific competition in a pairwise fashion, respectively. We subsequently validated the model in indoor microcosms using three interacting species: an aquatic macrophyte (the giant duckweed
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