Large mammalian herbivores modulate plant growth form diversity in a tropical rainforest

Y Souza, N Villar, V Zipparro, S Nazareth… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The world's terrestrial biomes are broadly classified according to the dominant plant growth
forms that define ecosystem structure and processes. Although the abundance and …

Canopy openness modifies tree seedling distributions along a tropical forest elevation gradient

M Muñoz Mazón, K Klanderud, D Sheil - Oikos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In theory, canopy openings can influence tree species establishment and resulting
distributions over environmental gradients, but evidence concerning the magnitude and …

[HTML][HTML] Elevational and seasonal patterns of plant pollinator networks in two highland tropical ecosystems in Costa Rica

EJ Cristóbal-Perez, G Barrantes, A Cascante-Marín… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Many plant species in high montane ecosystems rely on animal pollination for sexual
reproduction, however, our understanding of plant-pollinator interactions in tropical montane …

Escape as a mechanism of plant resistance against herbivores

RJ Marquis, RF Moura - Plant-Animal Interactions: Source of Biodiversity, 2021 - Springer
Plant traits that lead to escape of plants from their herbivores have not been formerly
considered as part of plant resistance theory. We review the evidence that plant stature …

A test of the Janzen‐Connell hypothesis in a species‐rich Mediterranean woodland

FP Teste, E Laliberté - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Janzen‐Connell (JC) hypothesis predicts that conspecific negative density
dependence contributes to the maintenance of plant diversity by lowering the recruitment of …

[PDF][PDF] 3.1 Introduction–40 3.2 History of the Concept–41 3.3 Escape Traits–43 3.4 Research Plan–47 3.5 Implications

RJ Marquis, RF Moura - 2021 - academia.edu
Traits that contribute to the success of plants in the presence of herbivores and pathogens
(hereafter herbivores) are called resistance traits (Boege and Marquis 2005; Agrawal et al …