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dc.contributor.author Parachnowitsch, Amy L.
dc.contributor.author Caruso, Christina M.
dc.contributor.author Campbell, Stuart A.
dc.contributor.author Kessler, Andre
dc.coverage.spatial Ontario
dc.coverage.spatial North America
dc.date.accessioned 2012-12-05T20:51:42Z
dc.date.available 2012-12-05T20:51:42Z
dc.date.issued 2012-05-25
dc.identifier doi:10.5061/dryad.n3f4g
dc.identifier.citation Parachnowitsch AL, Caruso CM, Campbell SA, Kessler A (2012) Lobelia siphilitica plants that escape herbivory in time also have reduced latex production. PLoS ONE 7(5): e37745.
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.39382
dc.description Flowering phenology is an important determinant of a plant’s reproductive success. Both assortative mating and niche construction can result in the evolution of correlations between phenology and other reproductive, functional, and life history traits. Correlations between phenology and herbivore defence traits are particularly likely because the timing of flowering can allow a plant to escape herbivory. To test whether herbivore escape and defence are correlated, we estimated phenotypic and genetic correlations between flowering phenology and latex production in greenhouse-grown Lobelia siphilitica L. (Lobeliaceae). Lobelia siphilitica plants that flower later escape herbivory by a specialist pre-dispersal seed predator, and thus should invest fewer resources in defence. Consistent with this prediction, we found that later flowering was phenotypically and genetically correlated with reduced latex production. To test whether herbivore escape and latex production were costly, we also measured four fitness correlates. Flowering phenology was negatively genetically correlated with three out of four fitness estimates, suggesting that herbivore escape can be costly. In contrast, we did not find evidence for costs of latex production. Generally, our results suggest that herbivore escape and defensive traits will not evolve independently in L. siphilitica.
dc.relation.haspart doi:10.5061/dryad.n3f4g/1
dc.relation.isreferencedby doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037745
dc.relation.isreferencedby PMID:22662205
dc.subject defence costs
dc.subject flowering phenology
dc.subject genetic correlations
dc.subject herbivory
dc.subject latex
dc.subject plant defence
dc.subject plant-insect interactions
dc.subject pre-dispersal seed predator
dc.title Data from: Lobelia siphilitica plants that escape herbivory in time also have reduced latex production
dc.type Article *
dwc.ScientificName Lobelia siphilitica
dwc.ScientificName Cleopmiarus hispidulus
dwc.ScientificName Lobeliaceae
dc.contributor.correspondingAuthor Parachnowitsch, Amy L.
prism.publicationName PLoS ONE

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