Meta-analysis of trade-offs among plant antiherbivore defenses:: Are plants jacks-of-all-trades, masters of all?
Meta-analysis of trade-offs among plant antiherbivore defenses:: Are plants jacks-of-all-trades, masters of all?
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DOI:
10.1086/382601
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发表时间:
2004-04-01
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2.9
通讯作者:
Gianoli, E
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作者:
Koricheva, J;Nykänen, H;Gianoli, E
On the basis of physiological and ecological costs of defense allocation, most plant defense theories predict the occurrence of trade-offs between resource investment in different types of anti-herbivore defenses. To test this prediction, we conducted a meta-analysis of 31 studies published in 1976-2002 that provided data on covariation of different defensive traits in plant genotypes. We found no overall negative association between different defensive traits in plants; instead, the relationship between defensive traits varied from positive to negative depending on the types of co-occurring defenses. Evidence of trade-off was found only between constitutive and induced defenses. Therefore, to a large extent, plants appear to be jacks-of-all-trades, masters of all and may successfully produce several types of defense without paying considerable trade-offs. Our survey thus provides little evidence that genetic trade-offs between defensive traits significantly constrain the evolution of multiple defenses in plants.