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associational susceptibility — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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associational susceptibility

Scope: community ecology

Papers: 6 | Mentions: 6

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 71 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on associational susceptibility with 71 nodes and 151 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Crested Butte, Pollinator-Plant Interactions, Colorado East River Valley.

Definition

Hypothesis that plant diversity increases a focal plant's vulnerability to herbivory based on different plants around it that draw herbivores

Related Terms (3)

aggregated distributionherbivory levelsherbivore pressure

Publications (6)

Insect herbivory reshapes a native leaf microbiome

2020Nature Ecology & Evolution

Effects of frost and neighborhood on Tephritid fly herbivory of <i>Erigeron speciosus</i>

Effects of Plant Diversity on Selection for Insect Resistance Traits in <i>Boechera stricta</i>

Associational effects of E. speciosus and E. elatior on their pollinators and seed predators.

How do the effects of herbivory and light gradients impact the overall plant fitness within different environments?

Oviposition preference of the leaf mining fly, <i>Scaptomyza nigrita</i> (Drosophilidae) on its native host plant, <i>Cardamine cordifolia</i> (Brassicaceae)

Related Concepts (10)

directional selection

process2 shared papers

Pollinator-Plant Interactions

phenomenon2 shared papers

induced plant defenses

process2 shared papers

soil microbial community structure

phenomenon1 shared paper

Interspecies competition

phenomenon1 shared paper

Ungulate herbivory

phenomenon1 shared paper

Genetic diversity

measurement1 shared paper

climatological variability

phenomenon1 shared paper

secondary metabolites

process1 shared paper

Natal homing and spawning site fidelity

process1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Diptera

Penstemon strictus

Plantaginaceae3 papers

Cardamine cordifolia

Brassicaceae3 papers

Scaptomyza nigrita

Drosophilidae3 papers

Tephritidae

Tephritidae2 papers

Lobelia

Campanulaceae2 papers

Erigeron speciosus

Asteraceae2 papers

Arabidopsis thaliana

Brassicaceae2 papers

Erigeron

Asteraceae2 papers

vascular plants