The effect of insect herbivory on the growth and fitness of introduced Verbascum thapsus L

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.19.5123" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.19.5123</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.19.5123" target="_blank" >10.3897/neobiota.19.5123</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effect of insect herbivory on the growth and fitness of introduced Verbascum thapsus L

Original language description

A majority of the plant species that are introduced into new ranges are considered ecologically and economically unproblematic. However, the factors that limit these relatively ?benign species are not well studied. We explored the effect of insect herbivory and surrounding vegetation cover on growth and fitness of the non-native biennial plant Verbascum thapsus (common mullein). We reduced herbivory using an insecticide treatment and compared sprayed plants to those exposed to ambient levels of herbivory. Reducing herbivory increased survival from rosette to reproduction. Of plants that survived, reducing herbivory increased plant area in the first year and plant height, the length of the reproductive spike, and seed set during the second year. Reducing herbivory also increased seed set by 50%, from about 48,000 seeds per plant under ambient herbivory to about 98,000 per plant under reduced herbivory. Overall, we found that herbivore-induced impacts on individual plant performance and

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EF - Botany

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2013

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Neobiota

ISSN

1619-0033

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

2013

Issue of the periodical within the volume

19

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

21-44

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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