Physiological and ecological constraints play key roles in the evolution of plant growth
patterns, especially in relation to defenses against herbivores. Phenotypic and life history …

▪ Abstract Host plant quality is a key determinant of the fecundity of herbivorous insects.
Components of host plant quality (such as carbon, nitrogen, and defensive metabolites) …

Insect-fungus-plant tripartite interactions are reviewed centring on the interactions which
occur when insects and fungi are present on the same host plant and mainly excluding …

1. Community level oak–tannin–insect patterns have been largely unexplored since Paul
Feeny's ground‐breaking research. Two hypotheses were tested for Quercus velutina and …

Oaks have been one of the classic model systems in elucidating the role of polyphenols in
plant–herbivore interactions. This study provides a comprehensive description of seasonal …

Several plant-herbivore hypotheses are based on the assumption that plants cannot
simultaneously allocate resources to growth and defence. We studied seasonal patterns in …

A diverse array of sublethal plant secondary compounds are commonly found in the foliage
of temperate deciduous trees. These traits are thought to defend a plant in two principal …

The ephemerality of high quality foliage in spring may act as a defense for trees against
early season folivores, but only if the duration of high quality is so short that it is difficult for …

We investigated the effects of genotype, habitat, and seasonal variation on production of the
iridoid glycosides, aucubin and catalpol, in leaves of the common weed Plantago …

Herbivores target young leaves in forests world‐wide. How this strong and predictable
selection pressure has shaped plant defence syndromes remains unclear. Specifically …