Effects of Rising Temperature on the Growth, Stoichiometry, and Palatability of Aquatic Plants.

ABSTRACT: Global warming is expected to strengthen herbivore-plant interactions leading to enhanced top-down control of plants. However, latitudinal gradients in plant quality as food for herbivores suggest lower palatability at higher temperatures, but the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. If plant palatability would decline with temperature rise, then this may question the expectation that warming leads to enhanced top-down control. Therefore, experiments that directly test plant palatability and the traits underlying palatability along a temperature gradient are needed. Here we experimentally tested the impact of temperature on aquatic plant growth, plant chemical traits (including stoichiometry) and plant palatability. We cultured three aquatic plant species at three temperatures (15, 20,

SUBMITTER: Zhang P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6331454 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature