Altitude, habitat type and herbivore damage interact in their effects on plant population dynamics

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/86652079:_____/18:00498959 RIV/00216208:11310/18:10385631

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209149" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209149</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209149" target="_blank" >10.1371/journal.pone.0209149</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Altitude, habitat type and herbivore damage interact in their effects on plant population dynamics

Original language description

Insects represent one of the most abundant groups of herbivores, and many of them have significant impacts on the dynamics of plant populations. As insects are very sensitive to changes in climatic conditions, we hypothesize that their effects on plant population dynamics will depend on climatic conditions. Knowledge of the variation in herbivore effects on plant population dynamics is, however, still rather sparse. We studied population dynamics and herbivore damage at the individual plant level of Salvia nubicola along a wide altitudinal gradient representing a range of climatic conditions. Using integral projection models, we estimated the effect of changes in herbivore pressure on plant populations in different climates and habitat types. Since we recorded large differences in the extent of herbivore damage along the altitudinal gradient, we expected that the performance of plants from different altitudes would be affected to different degrees by herbivores. Indeed, we found that populations from low altitudes were better able to withstand increased herbivore damage, while populations from high altitudes were suppressed by herbivores. However, the pattern described above was evident only in populations from open habitats. In forest habitats, the differences in population dynamics between low and high altitudes were largely diminished. The effects of herbivores on plants from different altitudes were thus largely habitat specific. Our results indicate potential problems for plant populations from high altitudes in open habitats because of increased herbivore damage. However, forest habitats may provide refuges for the plants at these high altitudes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-10280S" target="_blank" >GA17-10280S: Variability in plant traits as a tool to cope with climate change – from phenotypes to genes and back again</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

PLoS ONE

ISSN

1932-6203

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

1-18

UT code for WoS article

000453451000073

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85058703057