Plant-herbivore interactions along elevational gradient: Comparison of field and common garden data

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/16:00471366 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10334450

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2016.10.011" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2016.10.011</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2016.10.011" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.actao.2016.10.011</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Plant-herbivore interactions along elevational gradient: Comparison of field and common garden data

Original language description

In response to climate change, various organisms tend to migrate to higher elevations and latitudes. Unequal migration rates of plants and animals are expected to result in changes in the type and intensity of their interactions such as plant-herbivore interactions. In the present study, we studied the extent of herbivore damage in Salvia nubicola along an elevational gradient in Manang, central Nepal. A common garden experiment was also carried out by sowing seeds collected from different populations along the elevational gradient. As expected, the extent of herbivore damage in the field was significantly lower at higher elevations, and it increased with the population size and at sites without shrubs. In the common garden experiment, herbivore damage was higher in plants originating from lower elevations and from more open habitats. While higher herbivore pressure in the field at lower elevations may suggest that plants will be better protected against herbivores at lower elevations, the common garden study demonstrated the opposite. A possible explanation could be that plants from higher elevations have to adapt to extreme conditions, and lower palatability is a side effect of these adaptations. Thus, S. nubicola in the Himalayan region is likely to survive the expected higher herbivore pressure caused by an upward shift of herbivores under future climate change. Future studies should attempt to elucidate generality of such a conclusion by studying multiple species along similar gradients. Our results from comparison of the field and common garden study suggest that future experiments need to include comparisons in common environments to understand the expected response of plants to changes in herbivore pressure.

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

<a href="/en/project/GP13-10850P" target="_blank" >GP13-10850P: Effect of climate change on plant-herbivivore interactions along and elevational gradient in the Himalayan region</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology

ISSN

1146-609X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

77

Issue of the periodical within the volume

nov

Country of publishing house

FR - FRANCE

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

168-175

UT code for WoS article

000389731600021

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84994314259