Convergence in Defense Syndromes of Young Leaves in Tropical Rainforests

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Plant structural traits and their role in anti-herbivore defence (2007, background): “Choong (1996) reported a similar directional change in leaf toughness in the South-east Asian tree Castanopsis fissa, as did Kursar and Coley (2003) for five Panamanian rainforest tree species, while calcium oxalate concentration was inversely related to leaf age in five Central American rainforest…”
Distinct Leaf‐trait Syndromes of Evergreen and Deciduous Trees in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (2011, background): “For example, several studies have found that leaf toughness is negatively correlated with herbivory (Coley 1983, Kursar & Coley 2003, Agrawal & Fishbein 2006, Fine et al. 2006).”
Aposematic (Warning) Coloration in Plants (2009, unknown): “…that delayed greening is associated with low nutritive value in young leaves of tropical plants, and that this property defends them from herbivory (Kursar and Coley 1991, 1992, 2003 ; Coley and Barone 1996) , is a special case of a more general hypothesis that low nutritive value acts as a…”