Correlations between leaf structural traits and the densities of herbivorous insect guilds

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The Biomechanics of Chewing and Plant Fracture: Mechanisms and Implications (2007, background): “However, the influence of leaf anatomical traits has been difficult to ascertain due to the multiplicity of these structural traits and their correlations with plant chemistry (primary and secondary metabolites) (e.g. Peeters, 2002a; Peeters, 2002b; Wright et al., 2004).”
Insects on Plants: Diversity of Herbivore Assemblages Revisited (2005, background): “Peeters (2002) found that herbivore guild composition was more influenced by leaf structural traits than by leaf nitrogen, fiber, or water content.”
Plant surface–bug interactions: Dicyphus errans stalking along trichomes (2007, background): “Peeters (2002) supposed that composition of an herbivore assemblage is more strongly correlated with leaf structural traits than with chemical leaf constituents.”
Hot, dry, wet, cold or toxic? Revisiting the ecological significance of leaf and cuticular micromorphology (2008, background): “…between feeding sites in order to achieve the same level of nutrition, making them more vulnerable to predation (Woodman and Fernandes, 1991; Wilkens et al., 1996; Zvereva et al., 1998; Hoffland et al., 2000; Valverde et al., 2001; Peeters, 2002; Molina-Montenegro et al., 2006; Løe et al., 2007).”