Cross-seasonal legacy effects of arthropod community on plant fitness in perennial plants.

ABSTRACT: In perennial plants, interactions with other community members during the vegetative growth phase may influence community assembly during subsequent reproductive years and may influence plant fitness. It is well-known that plant responses to herbivory affect community assembly within a growing season, but whether plant-herbivore interactions result in legacy effects on community assembly across seasons has received little attention. Moreover, whether plant-herbivore interactions during the vegetative growing season are important in predicting plant fitness directly or indirectly through legacy effects is poorly understood.Here, we tested whether plant-arthropod interactions in the vegetative growing season of perennial wild cabbage plants, Brassica oleracea, result in legacy effects

SUBMITTER: Stam JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6774310 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature