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Floral damage induces resistance to florivory in Impatiens capensis

Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2016
Many plants produce defense chemicals that are induced in response to damage. In spite of the tight links between floral tissue and plant reproduction, very little is known about whether floral defenses are induced in response to floral damage. We manipulated Impatiens capensis flowers to determine whether floral damage reduces subsequent florivory ...
Nicole L Soper Gorden, Nicholas A Barber, Lynn S Adler   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Does florivory affect the attraction of floral visitors to buzz-pollinated Solanum rostratum?

Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2019
Floral herbivory (florivory) can directly and indirectly affect plant reproduction through the loss of ovules or seeds and by reducing the visitation by pollinators through the reduction in flower attractiveness, respectively. We studied the effect of florivory on pollinator visitation in a buzz-pollinated herb.
Mayumi Vega-Polanco, Julio C Rojas, Lislie Solis-Montero   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The effects of florivory on floral attractiveness and fruit production in Daustinia montana (Convolvulaceae)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants, 2022
Natan Messias Almeida, André Maurício Melo Santos, Maria TERESA Buřil   +2 more
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Floral resource availability declines and florivory increases along an elevation gradient in a highly biodiverse community [PDF]

Annals of Botany
G Wilson Fernandes
exaly   +2 more sources

Folivory versus florivory—adaptiveness of flower feeding

Naturwissenschaften, 2009
The distribution of resources and defence is heterogeneous within plants. Specialist insects may prefer tissue with high concentrations of the plant's characteristic defence compounds. Most herbivorous butterfly or sawfly larvae are considered to be folivores, so also the turnip sawfly Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), a specialist herbivore
Bandeili, Babak, Müller, Caroline
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Florivory is an alternative but suboptimal diet for an invasive leaf‐feeding beetle

Ecological Entomology, 2023
Abstract Flowers can be a valuable food source for primarily leaf‐feeding insects. They may also be an alternative diet when preferred foods are unavailable. Here we explored the value of florivory for the invasive viburnum leaf beetle (VLB). In the field, VLB larvae have been observed to feed on
Gaylord A. Desurmont, Arnaud Blanchet
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Growth and reproduction of a clonal plant in response to salinity and florivory

Wetlands, 2006
Salinity is increasing in wetland ecosystems, but the consequences for ecological communities are poorly understood. Iris hexagona is the only North American iris that survives in brackish marsh. Environmental salinity affects the physiology, growth, and reproduction of this glycophytic perennial, as well as plant-herbivore interactions.
Mark A. Tobler, Peter A. Zandt, Karl H. Hasenstein, Susan Mopper   +3 more
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Among‐species variation in flower size determines florivory in the largest tropical wetland

American Journal of Botany, 2023
AbstractPremiseFlower damage caused by florivores often has negative consequences for plant reproduction. However, the factors affecting plant–florivore interactions are still poorly understood, especially the role of abiotic factors and interspecific variation in florivory within ecosystems.
Gabriela L. Ortiz, Yasmin Columbano, Maicon Velasco de Melo, Maria Gabriela Boaventura, Camila Aoki, Tatiana Cornelissen, Camila S. Souza, Alberto L. Teixido   +7 more
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Uncovering different parameters influencing florivory in a specialist herbivore

Ecological Entomology, 2015
1. It has become increasingly recognised that several herbivores switch from folivory (leaf‐feeding) to florivory (flower‐feeding) during larval development. Yet, it remains poorly understood which cues influence this behaviour, whether a switch to florivory is consistently shown on different hosts, and to what extent florivory could be hindered by ...
Abdalsamee, Mohamed, Müller, Caroline
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Effects of Environmental Salinity on Vertebrate Florivory and Wetland Communities

Natural Areas Journal, 2006
Abstract Iris hexagona is a perennial freshwater species indigenous to Louisiana wetlands. Coastal iris populations that are exposed to saline conditions often suffer heavy floral browsing. This paper is the first to photographically document florivory by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman), which consume iris flowers and immature seed
Neoma A. Geddes, Susan Mopper
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