No negative correlation between growth and resistance to multiple herbivory in a deciduous tree, Betula pendula Export

@article{citeulike:4778754, abstract = {Plants are assumed to have a trade-off between growth and resistance. This trade-off has been demonstrated in herbaceous plants, but the information on woody plants is conflicting. In contrast to simple annual plant–herbivore systems, trees face highly variable herbivory. In this note, we measured clonal variation in the growth of Betula pendula and in its resistance to nine major herbivore species belonging to five different feeding guilds. There were significant differences in both the growth and the resistance of clones to all the herbivores studied. However, we found no negative correlation between growth and resistance. No clone was generally resistant or susceptible to most of the herbivores. This suggests that, if there is an ultimate trade-off in resource allocation of B. pendula between growth and resistance, it is masked by other factors, for example, by several opposite abiotic and biotic selection pressures.}, author = {Tikkanen, O.}, citeulike-article-id = {4778754}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00330-4}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378-1127(02)00330-4}, day = {07}, doi = {10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00330-4}, issn = {03781127}, journal = {Forest Ecology and Management}, keywords = {betula, generalist, growth, herbivory, specialist}, month = {April}, number = {1-3}, pages = {587--592}, posted-at = {2009-06-08 16:10:59}, priority = {2}, title = {No negative correlation between growth and resistance to multiple herbivory in a deciduous tree, Betula pendula}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00330-4}, volume = {177}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4778754 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4778754 N2 - Plants are assumed to have a trade-off between growth and resistance. This trade-off has been demonstrated in herbaceous plants, but the information on woody plants is conflicting. In contrast to simple annual plant–herbivore systems, trees face highly variable herbivory. In this note, we measured clonal variation in the growth of Betula pendula and in its resistance to nine major herbivore species belonging to five different feeding guilds. There were significant differences in both the growth and the resistance of clones to all the herbivores studied. However, we found no negative correlation between growth and resistance. No clone was generally resistant or susceptible to most of the herbivores. This suggests that, if there is an ultimate trade-off in resource allocation of B. pendula between growth and resistance, it is masked by other factors, for example, by several opposite abiotic and biotic selection pressures. IS - 1-3 JF - Forest Ecology and Management SN - 03781127 EP - 592 TI - No negative correlation between growth and resistance to multiple herbivory in a deciduous tree, Betula pendula VL - 177 SP - 587 KW - betula KW - generalist KW - growth KW - herbivory KW - specialist AU - Tikkanen, O PY - 2003/04/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00330-4 ER -