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SUBMITTER: Alexandre NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6392191 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alexandre Nicolas M NM Humphrey Parris T PT Gloss Andrew D AD Lee Jimmy J Frazier Joseph J Affeldt Henry A HA Whiteman Noah K NK
Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) 20180913 9
Plant distributions can be limited by habitat-biased herbivory, but the proximate causes of such biases are rarely known. Distinguishing plant-centric from herbivore-centric mechanisms driving differential herbivory between habitats is difficult without experimental manipulation of both plants and herbivores. Here we tested alternative hypotheses driving habitat-biased herbivory in bittercress (<i>Cardamine cordifolia</i>), which is more abundant under shade of shrubs and trees (shade) than in n ...[more]