Positive effects of plant genotypic and species diversity on anti-herbivore defenses in a tropical tree species.

Despite increasing evidence that plant intra- and inter-specific diversity increases primary productivity, and that such effect may in turn cascade up to influence herbivores, there is little information about plant diversity effects on plant anti-herbivore defenses, the relative importance of diffe...

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Main Authors: Xoaquín Moreira, Luis Abdala-Roberts, Víctor Parra-Tabla, Kailen A Mooney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4139366?pdf=render