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Induced plant responses, their specificity, and roles in plant defences
Authors: MEZZOMO, Priscila
Document type: Doctoral theses
Year: 2025
Language: eng
Abstract: In this thesis, I investigate the interactions between plants and herbivorous insects, focusing on how herbivore-induced chemical defences shape these dynamics in willows and oaks. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter examines how different insect herbivore species, and their traits (i.e., order, feeding guild, diet breadth) influence the defensive responses of willows. In the second chapter, I explored whether the specificity of plant-insect responses observed in the first chapter can be recovered when comparing such responses among various co-occurring willow species. The third chapter explores how these plant responses to herbivory affect multiple trophic levels by observing the dynamics of vertebrate and invertebrate predation in natural populations of two diverse willow species. To expand on my findings, I delve into the seasonal dynamics of plant chemistry and its association with the insect herbivore community. Finally, the last chapter investigates the composition of plant volatile and non-volatile responses to herbivory and the influence of the neighbourhood composition on such responses.
Keywords: chemical ecology; herbivore-induced defences; herbivory; induced plant responses; neighbourhood effects; oaks; plant chemistry; plant-insect interactions; seasonal variation; trophic interactions; volatile organic compounds; willows
Citation: MEZZOMO, Priscila. Induced plant responses, their specificity, and roles in plant defences . České Budějovice, 2025. disertační práce (Ph.D.). 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/77693
Permalink: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-678629
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Authors: MEZZOMO, Priscila
Document type: Doctoral theses
Year: 2025
Language: eng
Abstract: In this thesis, I investigate the interactions between plants and herbivorous insects, focusing on how herbivore-induced chemical defences shape these dynamics in willows and oaks. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter examines how different insect herbivore species, and their traits (i.e., order, feeding guild, diet breadth) influence the defensive responses of willows. In the second chapter, I explored whether the specificity of plant-insect responses observed in the first chapter can be recovered when comparing such responses among various co-occurring willow species. The third chapter explores how these plant responses to herbivory affect multiple trophic levels by observing the dynamics of vertebrate and invertebrate predation in natural populations of two diverse willow species. To expand on my findings, I delve into the seasonal dynamics of plant chemistry and its association with the insect herbivore community. Finally, the last chapter investigates the composition of plant volatile and non-volatile responses to herbivory and the influence of the neighbourhood composition on such responses.
Keywords: chemical ecology; herbivore-induced defences; herbivory; induced plant responses; neighbourhood effects; oaks; plant chemistry; plant-insect interactions; seasonal variation; trophic interactions; volatile organic compounds; willows
Citation: MEZZOMO, Priscila. Induced plant responses, their specificity, and roles in plant defences . České Budějovice, 2025. disertační práce (Ph.D.). 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/77693
Permalink: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-678629
The record appears in these collections:
Universities and colleges > Public universities > University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Academic theses (ETDs) > Doctoral theses
Record created 2025-04-12, last modified 2025-04-12