The tolerance of plants to herbivory reflects the degree to which a plant can regrow and
reproduce after damage from herbivores. Autoecological factors, as well as the influence of …

ABSTRACT Several hypotheses, mainly Optimal Defense (OD), Carbon: Nutrient Balance
(CNB), Growth Rate (GR), and Growth-Differentiation Balance (GDB), have individually …

Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use
virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their …

The evolution of herbicide resistance in crop weeds presents one of the greatest challenges
to agriculture and the production of food. Herbicide resistance has been studied for more …

▪ Abstract The study of natural plant populations has provided some of the strongest and
most convincing cases of the operation of natural selection currently known, partly because …

Plant biologists have long recognized that host defence against parasites and pathogens
can be divided into two conceptually different components: the ability to limit parasite burden …

In a stimulating interchange between feminist studies and biology, Banu Subramaniam
explores how her dissertation on flower color variation in morning glories launched her on …

Hosts can in principle employ two different strategies to defend themselves against
parasites: resistance and tolerance. Animals typically exhibit considerable genetic variation …

Herbivores can consume significant amounts of plant biomass in many environments. Yet
plants are not defenseless against such attack. Although defenses might benefit plants in the …

Abstract.—Host organisms can respond to the threat of disease either through resistance
defenses (which inhibit or limit infection) or through tolerance strategies (which do not limit …