The good, the bad and the flexible: plant interactions with pollinators and herbivores over space and time are moderated by plant compensatory responses.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Plants are sessile organisms that face selection by both herbivores and pollinators. Herbivores and pollinators may select on the same traits and/or mediate each others' effects. Erysimum capitatum (Brassicaceae) is a widespread and variable plant species with generalized pollination that is attacked by a number of herbivores. The following questions were addressed. (a) Are pollinators and herbivores attracted by similar plant traits? (b) Does herbivory affect pollinator preferences? (c) Do pollinators and/or herbivores affect fitness and select on plant traits? (d) Do plant compensatory responses affect the outcome of interactions among plants, pollinators and herbivores? (e) Do interactions among E. capitatum and its pollinators and herbivores differ among sit

SUBMITTER: Lay CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3170155 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature