Toward a spatial perspective of plant-based indirect interaction webs: Scaling up trait-mediated indirect interactions

摘要: Phenotypic plasticity of plants following herbivory is ubiquitous in a wide range terrestrial systems. Importantly, it can largely determine community properties arthropods associated with induced plants. Effects herbivore-induced plant phenotypes on species diversity, abundance, and composition higher trophic levels would depend spatial variations the altered phenotypes. To understand how arthropod communities are organized by phenotypic plasticity, we should focus neighbor effects, as well these effects scale up to influence structure biodiversity within between populations. Here, encourage ecologists meet challenge this novel issue addressing scaling trait-mediated indirect prevalent via context. We first examine affects communities. Specifically, review different types traits alter overall arthropods. Second, provide conceptual framework combinations constitutive (i.e., non-induced) population result resource heterogeneity available herbivores more explicit In particular, pay special attention contrasting responses specialist generalist Last, highlight distribution diversity through movements onto away from individuals patch.