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CURRENT OPINION IN INSECT SCIENCE
卷 14, 期 -, 页码 25-31出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2016.01.001
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- NIFA grant [2013-02649]
- Federal Capacity Funds grant [1007209]
Variability in plant chemistry has long been believed to suppress populations of insect herbivores by constraining herbivore resource selection behavior in ways that make herbivores more vulnerable to predation. The focus on behavior, however, overlooks the pervasive physiological effects of plant variability on herbivores. Here we propose the plant variability-gut acclimation hypothesis, which posits that plant chemical variability constrains herbivore anti-predator defenses by frequently requiring herbivores to acclimate their guts to changing plant defenses and nutrients. Gut acclimation, including changes to morphology and detoxification enzymes, requires time and nutrients, and we argue these costs will constrain how and when herbivores can mount anti-predator defenses. A consequence of this hypothesis is stronger topdown control of herbivores in heterogeneous plant populations.
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