Search for top-down and bottom-up drivers of latitudinal trends in insect herbivory in oak trees in Europe
E. Valdés-Correcher, X. Moreira, L. Augusto, L. Barbaro, C. Bouget, O. Bouriaud, M. Branco, G. Centenaro, G. Csóka, T. Damestoy, J. Dobrosavljevic, M.-L. Duduman, A.-M. Dulaurent, C. B. Eötvös, M. Faticov, , Roslin
The paper investigates latitudinal trends in insect herbivory on oak trees in Europe, finding that climatic factors, not latitude, best predict herbivory and leaf chemistry variation.
bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2020Ecology