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Associational resistance to a tropical leaf-miner: does neighbour identity matter?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

Colin M. Orians  and
Christer Björkman
Colin M. Orians*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medford MA 02155, USA Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
Christer Björkman
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
*
1Corresponding author. Email: Colin.Orians@Tufts.edu
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Associational resistance occurs when host plants experience reduced attack when in the presence of other plant species (Atsatt & O'Dowd 1976, Tahvanainen & Root 1972). The issue is most studied in agriculture and forestry because of the potential benefits to pest control (Andow 1991, Brown & Ewel 1987, Tahvanainen & Root 1972), but recent research indicates that associational resistance may be relatively common in natural systems as well (Hjältén et al. 1993, Karban 2007, Vehviläinen et al. 2007, Wise et al. 2009; but see Östergård & Ehrlén 2005, White & Whitham 2000), especially against specialist herbivores (Hambäck et al. 2000, 2003; Stenberg et al. 2007).

Keywords

Acanthaceaeassociational resistanceCorcovado National Parkenemy escapeinsect densityinsect dispersionPiperaceae
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Short Communication
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 25 , Issue 5 , September 2009 , pp. 551 - 554
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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