Original title: Insect herbivores drive the loss of unique chemical defense in willows
Authors: VOLF, Martin
Document type: Rigorous theses
Year: 2015
Language: eng
Abstract: The thesis examines the effects of chemical and mechanical defensive traits on insects in a local community of 11 Salicaceae species growing in sympatry. The results repeated loss of willow specialized chemical defense. This could be due to its low protective value and high energy costs. Our study thus shows that the balance between costs and benefits of defensive traits is not necessarily in favor of specialized defenses and illustrates a process, which may lead to the reduction in a defensive trait.
Keywords: coevolution; community composition; defensive traits; herbivory; phylogeny; Salicaceae; salicylates; Salix; specialization; trichomes
Citation: VOLF, Martin. Insect herbivores drive the loss of unique chemical defense in willows. České Budějovice, 2015. rigorózní práce (RNDr.). JIHOČESKÁ UNIVERZITA V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH. Přírodovědecká fakulta

Institution: University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available in the Digital Repository of University of South Bohemia.
Original record: http://www.jcu.cz/vskp/44641

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