Global patterns in background losses of woody plant foliage to insects - UTU Tutkimustietojärjestelmä

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Global patterns in background losses of woody plant foliage to insects

Tekijät: Mikhail V. Kozlov, Vojtech Lanta, Vitali Zverev, Elena L. Zvereva

Kustantaja: WILEY-BLACKWELL

Julkaisuvuosi: 2015

Journal: Global Ecology and Biogeography

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Lehden akronyymi: GLOBAL ECOL BIOGEOGR

Vuosikerta: 24

Numero: 10

Aloitussivu: 1126

Lopetussivu: 1135

Sivujen määrä: 10

ISSN: 1466-822X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12347

Tiivistelmä

Main conclusions Our study provides solid support for the hypothesis of a decrease in background herbivory with latitude, but only outside the tropics. For the first time we demonstrate that the latitudinal gradient in insect herbivory across the globe is nonlinear, i.e. its slope differs between the climate zones. In temperate and polar zones, but not in the tropics, background herbivory correlates with mean air temperatures and is therefore likely to increase with climate warming.