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ArticleAoB PLANTS2025

Biotic pressure outweighs the influence of resource availability on physical defence investment in a tropical tree.

Bio Barriou Babah Daouda, M'Mouyohoun Kouagou, Eméline P S Assede, Orou G Gaoue

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Article in AoB PLANTS, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors.

Bio Barriou Babah DaoudaFaculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou BP 123, Benin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1490-7917
M'Mouyohoun KouagouFaculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou BP 123, Benin.
Eméline P S AssedeFaculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou BP 123, Benin.
Orou G GaoueFaculty of Agronomy, University of Parakou, Parakou BP 123, Benin.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0946-2741

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants have long-lasting and complex interactions with herbivores, including insects and mammals. In response to high herbivory rates, plants either tolerate biomass loss or develop several defence mechanisms, such as physical defence. The resource availability hypothesis (RAH) predicts that plant defence investment is dependent on resource availability and plant's life history. However, the effect of resource availability on plant investment in defence is mediated through biotic pressure. We tested the effects of soil qualities and browsing pressure on the physical defence and reproductive investments in

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Acacia sieberianaAfrican savannabrowsing pressureelephantherbivoryphysical defencepiecewise structural equation modelssoil resources

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PMID40589916
PMCPMC12206616

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