Overcompensation by plants: Herbivore optimization or red herring?

By A. J. Belsky, W. Carson, C. L. Jensen, G. Fox. Evolutionary Ecology, 2005

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Understanding mutualism when there is adaptation to the partner (2005, background): “Belsky et al. (1993) define a ‘mutualistic plant’ as a plant that ‘makes some portion of their bodies available to herbivores’ (i.e. a plant that invests in the herbivore), whereas an ‘antagonistic plant’ defends itself against herbivores.”
Are grazing increaser species better tolerators than decreasers? An experimental assessment of defoliation tolerance in eight British grassland species (2005, result): “Most species were able to compensate fully for low levels of biomass removal, as shown in other studies (Belsky et al. 1993; Crawley 1997; McPherson & Williams 1998) and we therefore expected to find a threshold for compensation below which herbivory is not detrimental for plants.”
Resistance and tolerance in Populus tremuloides: genetic variation, costs, and environmental dependency (2007, background): “Resistance–tolerance tradeoffs Negative genetic correlations between resistance and tolerance have been predicted by several authors (van der Meijden et al. 1988; Herms and Mattson 1992; Belsky et al. 1993).”
Effects of nanosecond pulsed electric field exposure on arabidopsis thaliana (2009, background): “Belsky et al [34] described a positive growth stimulation yielding a fast growth in response to damages by herbivores.”
Grazing tolerance of Gentianella amarella and other monocarpic herbs: why is tolerance highest at low damage levels? (2003, background): “Furthermore, fruit production may not always be a sufficient performance measure in evolutionary contexts if grazing reduces seed production or seed weight and viability (e.g. Belsky (1986) and Belsky et al. (1993)).”
Simulated green turtle grazing affects structure and productivity of seagrass pastures (2005, methodology): “…to which herbivory can stimulate increased rates of production in plants, through either compensatory growth in which net primary production (NPP) is maintained, or overcompensatory growth (increased NPP), varies among systems (Belsky et al. 1993, Milchunas & Lauenroth 1993, Leriche et al. 2003).”
Legacy of avian-dominated plant-herbivore systems in New Zealand (2010, unknown): “Initially the concept of over-compensation was controversial (Belsky et al. 1993), but there is increasingly supportive evidence from controlled experiments (Agrawal 2000).”
Effects of defoliation caused by the leaf miner Cameraria ohridella on wood production and efficiency in Aesculus hippocastanum growing in north-eastern Italy (2003, background): “Studies discussing the ecophysiological consequences of defoliation on subsequent tree performance (e.g. Krause and Raffa 1992; Belsky et al. 1993) show that some compensatory responses can develop in repeatedly defoliated plants (Trumble et al. 1993) and that the timing of leaf abscission can…”
GRASS RESPONSE TO CLIPPING IN AN AFRICAN SAVANNA: TESTING THE GRAZING OPTIMIZATION HYPOTHESIS (2003, background): “More generally, critical appraisals questioned the ecological sig- October 2003 1347TEST OF GRAZING OPTIMIZATION HYPOTHESIS nificance and generality of GOH (Belsky 1986, 1987, Belsky et al. 1993).”
Facing herbivory as you grow up: the ontogeny of resistance in plants. (2005, background): “Natural selection should promote life-time resistance strategies (sensu [ 9 ], and see [10‐12], Box 1), including a combination and/or succession of mechanisms expressed during plant ontogeny.”