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Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae
As a result of co‐evolution between plants and herbivores, related plants often interact with similar herbivore communities. Variation in plant–herbivore interactions is determined by variation in underlying functional traits and by ecological and stochastic processes. Hence, typically, only a subse...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9291228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34331409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13852 |
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author | Mertens, Daan Bouwmeester, Klaas Poelman, Erik H. |
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description | As a result of co‐evolution between plants and herbivores, related plants often interact with similar herbivore communities. Variation in plant–herbivore interactions is determined by variation in underlying functional traits and by ecological and stochastic processes. Hence, typically, only a subset of possible interactions is realised on individual plants. We show that insect herbivore communities assembling on individual plants are structured by plant phylogeny among 12 species in two phylogenetic lineages of Brassicaceae. This community sorting to plant phylogeny was retained when splitting the community according to herbivore feeding guilds. Relative abundance of herbivores as well as the size of the community structured community dissimilarity among plant species. Importantly, the amount of intraspecific variation in realised plant–herbivore interactions is also phylogenetically structured. We argue that variability in realised interactions that are not directly structured by plant traits is ecologically relevant and must be considered in the evolution of plant defences. |
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spelling | pubmed-92912282022-07-20 Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae Mertens, Daan Bouwmeester, Klaas Poelman, Erik H. Ecol Lett Letters As a result of co‐evolution between plants and herbivores, related plants often interact with similar herbivore communities. Variation in plant–herbivore interactions is determined by variation in underlying functional traits and by ecological and stochastic processes. Hence, typically, only a subset of possible interactions is realised on individual plants. We show that insect herbivore communities assembling on individual plants are structured by plant phylogeny among 12 species in two phylogenetic lineages of Brassicaceae. This community sorting to plant phylogeny was retained when splitting the community according to herbivore feeding guilds. Relative abundance of herbivores as well as the size of the community structured community dissimilarity among plant species. Importantly, the amount of intraspecific variation in realised plant–herbivore interactions is also phylogenetically structured. We argue that variability in realised interactions that are not directly structured by plant traits is ecologically relevant and must be considered in the evolution of plant defences. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-07-30 2021-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9291228/ /pubmed/34331409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13852 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Ecology Letters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Letters Mertens, Daan Bouwmeester, Klaas Poelman, Erik H. Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae |
title | Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae |
title_full | Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae |
title_fullStr | Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae |
title_full_unstemmed | Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae |
title_short | Intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in Brassicaceae |
title_sort | intraspecific variation in plant‐associated herbivore communities is phylogenetically structured in brassicaceae |
topic | Letters |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9291228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34331409 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13852 |
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