Tree diversity promotes insect herbivory in subtropical forests of south-east China

1. Insect herbivory can strongly affect ecosystem processes, and its relationship with plant diversity is a central topic in biodiversity–functioning research. However, very little is known about this relationship from complex ecosystems dominated by long‐lived individuals, such as forests, especially over gradients of high plant diversity.

• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  2010-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01659.xPMID 20852667PMCID 2936109
• External record

  Open on Semantic Scholar

• Source metadata

  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

• No claims are published for this paper.

• No concepts are published for this paper.

• Plant diversity, herbivory and resistance of a plant community to invasion in Mediterranean annual communities

  2017cited by this paper
• Analyzing linguistic data: a practical introduction to statistics using R

  2010cited by this paper
• Sapling herbivory, invertebrate herbivores and predators across a natural tree diversity gradient in Germany’s largest connected deciduous forest

  2009cited by this paper
• Functional role of forest diversity: Pros and cons of synthetic stands and across-site comparisons in established forests

  2009cited by this paper
• Study on successions sequence of evergreen broad-leaved forest in Gutian Mountain of Zhejiang, Eastern China: species diversity

  2008cited by this paper
• Insect herbivores and their frass affect Quercus rubra leaf quality and initial stages of subsequent litter decomposition

  2008cited by this paper
• Study on successions sequence of evergreen broad-leavedforest in Gutian Mountain of Zhejiang, Eastern China: species diversity

  2008cited by this paper
• Insect herbivores, nutrient cycling and plant productivity

  2008cited by this paper
• Complementarity effects through dietary mixing enhance the performance of a generalist insect herbivore

  2008cited by this paper
• Bottom-Up Effects and Feedbacks in Simple and Diverse Experimental Grassland Communities

  2008cited by this paper
• Mixed-effects modeling with crossed random effects for subjects and items

  2008cited by this paper
• The Various Effects of Insects on Ecosystem Functioning

  2008cited by this paper
• The pls Package: Principal Component and Partial Least Squares Regression in R

  2007cited by this paper
• Tree species diversity influences herbivore abundance and damage: meta-analysis of long-term forest experiments

  2007cited by this paper
• Host specificity of Lepidoptera in tropical and temperate forests

  2007cited by this paper
• The functional role of biodiversity in ecosystems: incorporating trophic complexity.

  2007cited by this paper
• Tree diversity reduces herbivory by forest insects.

  2007influential reference
• vegan : Community Ecology Package. R package version 1.8-5

  2007cited by this paper
• Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: reconciling the results of experimental and observational studies

  2007cited by this paper
• The effects of plant diversity and insect herbivory on performance of individual plant species in experimental grassland

  2006influential reference
• Seedling species determines rates of leaf herbivory in a Malaysian rain forest

  2006cited by this paper
• Neighbourhood composition determines growth, architecture and herbivory in tropical rain forest tree seedlings

  2006cited by this paper
• Effects of plant diversity on invertebrate herbivory in experimental grassland

  2006cited by this paper
• Invertebrate herbivory along a gradient of plant species diversity in extensively managed grasslands

  2006influential reference
• Juvenile mortality and attacks by a specialist herbivore increase with conspecific adult basal area of Amazonian Swietenia macrophylla (Meliaceae)

  2006cited by this paper
• Resource dilution effects on specialist insect herbivores in a grassland biodiversity experiment

  2005cited by this paper
• A Test of the Biodiversity-Stability Theory: Meta-analysis of Tree Species Diversity Effects on Insect Pest Infestations, and Re-examination of Responsible Factors

  2005cited by this paper
• EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

  2005cited by this paper
• Host specificity of insect herbivores in tropical forests

  2005cited by this paper
• The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in food webs

  2005cited by this paper
• Confounding Factors in the Observational Productivity-Diversity Relationship in Forests

  2005cited by this paper
• Forest diversity and function: temperate and boreal systems

  2005cited by this paper
• The Functional Significance of Forest Diversity: A Synthesis

  2005cited by this paper
• About the authors

  2004cited by this paper
• DENSITY‐DEPENDENT POPULATION DYNAMICS OF A DOMINANT RAIN FOREST CANOPY TREE

  2004cited by this paper
• Leaf traits and herbivory rates of tropical tree species differing in successional status.

  2004cited by this paper
• Model selection and multimodel inference : a practical information-theoretic approach

  2003cited by this paper
• Dietary shift and lowered biomass gain of a generalist herbivore in species-poor experimental plant communities

  2003cited by this paper
• The distance dependence prediction of the Janzen-Connell hypothesis: a meta-analysis

  2003influential reference
• Host specialization of leaf-chewing insects in a New Guinea rainforest

  2002cited by this paper
• Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists

  2002cited by this paper
• Mixed-Effects Models in S and S-Plus

  2001influential reference
• THE IMPACT OF HERBIVORY ON PLANTS IN DIFFERENT RESOURCE CONDITIONS: A META-ANALYSIS

  2001cited by this paper
• Herbivory on planted dipterocarp seedlings in secondary logged forests and primary forests of Sabah, Malaysia

  2001cited by this paper
• Comparison of Herbivores and Herbivory in the Canopy and Understory for Two Tropical Tree Species1

  2000cited by this paper
• Comparison of Herbivores and Herbivory in the Canopy and Understory for Two Tropical Tree Species 1

  2000cited by this paper
• ASSOCIATIONAL SUSCEPTIBILITY OF COTTONWOOD TO A BOX ELDER HERBIVORE

  2000influential reference
• Associational resistance: insect damage to purple loosestrife reduced in thickets of sweet gale.

  2000cited by this paper
• On the causes of gradients in tropical tree diversity

  1999cited by this paper
• Diversity and abundance of insect herbivores foraging on seedlings in a rainforest in Guyana

  1999cited by this paper
• Insects affect relationships between plant species richness and ecosystem processes

  1999influential reference
• Distance-dependence in herbivory and foliar condition for juvenile Shorea trees in Bornean dipterocarp rain forest

  1998cited by this paper
• Host-specificity of folivorous insects in a moist tropical forest

  1998influential reference
• HERBIVORY AND PLANT DEFENSES IN TROPICAL FORESTS

  1996cited by this paper
• The effects of crop diversification on herbivorous insects: a meta‐analysis approach

  1994cited by this paper
• Vegetational Diversity and Arthropod Population Response

  1991influential reference
• TROPICAL FORESTS: THEIR RICHNESS IN COLEOPTERA AND OTHER ARTHROPOD SPECIES

  1982cited by this paper
• Organization of a Plant-Arthropod Association in Simple and Diverse Habitats: The Fauna of Collards (Brassica Oleracea)

  1973influential reference
• On the role of the natural enemies in preventing competitive exclusion in some marine animals and in rain forest trees

  1971cited by this paper
• Herbivores and the Number of Tree Species in Tropical Forests

  1970cited by this paper

• MultiTroph: Multi-trophic interactions in a forest biodiversity experiment in China

  2026cites this paper
• Global evidence that plant diversity suppresses pests and promotes plant performance and crop production

  2026cites this paper
• Effects of neighborhood diversity on herbivory in early-stage forests in southern China

  2025cites this paper
• The tree growth–herbivory relationship depends on functional traits across forest biodiversity experiments

  2025influential citation
• Chemically mediated plant–enemy interactions promote positive biodiversity effects on young tree growth

  2025cites this paper
• Latest Oligocene (late Chattian) environmental transitions revealed by plant-insect interactions preserved in plant assemblages from Wind Brickyard, Eger, Hungary

  2025cites this paper
• Trophic effects of vertebrate insectivores and carnivorous arthropods in a subtropical forest: the roles of functional redundancy and intraguild predation

  2025cites this paper
• Volatile organic compounds diversity mediates tree diversity–insect herbivory relationships

  2025cites this paper
• Evolutionary history of host trees amplifies the dilution effect of biodiversity on forest pests

  2024cites this paper
• Getting to the root of carbon reserve dynamics in woody plants: Progress, challenges, and goals.

  2024cites this paper
• Substantial Insect Herbivory in a South African Savanna‐Forest Mosaic: A Neglected Topic

  2024cites this paper
• Insect seedling herbivory is influenced by multiple factors, but the plant apparency theory is more supported than other hypotheses – A case study in a subtropical forest

  2024cites this paper
• Neighbourhood diversity effects on insect herbivory: Plant leaf traits mediate associational resistance

  2024cites this paper
• Insect herbivory on woody broadleaf seedlings along a subtropical elevational gradient supports the resource concentration hypothesis.

  2024cites this paper
• Limited Differences in Insect Herbivory on Young White Spruce Growing in Small Open Plantations and under Natural Canopies in Boreal Mixed Forests

  2024cites this paper
• Tree diversity and mycorrhizal type co‐determine multitrophic ecosystem functions

  2024cites this paper
• Effects of plant diversity on species-specific herbivory: patterns and mechanisms

  2023cites this paper
• Contrasting responses of plant herbivory and disease to local and landscape drivers

  2023influential citation
• Neighbouring tree effects on leaf herbivory: Insect specialisation matters more than host plant leaf traits

  2023influential citation
• Leaf defenses of subtropical deciduous and evergreen trees to varying intensities of herbivory

  2023cites this paper
• Explaining variation in plant‐herbivore associational effects in a tree biodiversity experiment

  2023cites this paper
• Keanekaragaman Jenis Arthropoda Tajuk di Hutan Mangrove Ciletuh, Sukabumi, Jawa Barat

  2023cites this paper
• Habitat area and edges affect the length of trophic chains in a fragmented forest.

  2023cites this paper
• Effects of tree species diversity and conspecific seedling density on insect herbivory and pathogen infection on big‐leaf mahogany seedlings

  2023cites this paper
• Revealing cryptic diversity and population divergence in subtropical aphids through DNA barcoding

  2023influential citation
• Phenotypic clines in herbivore resistance and reproductive traits in wild plants along an agricultural gradient

  2023cites this paper
• Plant phylogenetic relatedness and herbivore specialization interact to determine pest biocontrol efficiency in mixed plantations

  2023cites this paper
• Canopy height, rather than neighborhood effects, shapes leaf herbivory in a tropical rainforest.

  2023cites this paper
• Effects of plant diversity and leaf traits on insect herbivory in plantation and natural forests

  2022cites this paper
• Canopy height, rather than neighbourhood effects, shapes leaf herbivory in a tropical rainforest

  2022cites this paper
• Introduction of non-native Douglas fir reduces leaf damage on beech saplings and mature trees in European beech forests.

  2022cites this paper
• Effects of enemy exclusion on biodiversity–productivity relationships in a subtropical forest experiment

  2022cites this paper
• Ant nest distribution and richness have opposite effects on a Neotropical plant with extrafloral nectaries

  2022cites this paper
• Interactive effects of tree species composition and water availability on growth and direct and indirect defences in Quercus ilex

  2022cites this paper
• Leaf traits-mediated effects of tree diversity on insect herbivory on Populus laurifolia in a riparian forest ecosystem

  2022cites this paper
• What shapes ground beetle assemblages in a tree species-rich subtropical forest?

  2021cites this paper
• Meta-analysis of tree diversity effects on the abundance, diversity and activity of herbivores' enemies

  2021cites this paper
• Spatial patterns of insect herbivory within a forest landscape: the role of soil type and forest stratum

  2021cites this paper
• The effect of willow diversity on insect herbivory and predation

  2021cites this paper
• The relationship between resource abundance and insect herbivory on islands

  2021cites this paper
• Understory environment promotes photosynthetic efficiency and mitigates severity and function of an introduced, vectored pathosystem: a study of a feral citrus population in central Florida

  2021cites this paper
• Meta-analysis of tree diversity effects on the abundance, diversity and activity of herbivores’ enemies

  2021cites this paper
• Rocket launching activities are associated with reduced insect species richness and abundance in two types of tropical plantations around the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center, southern China

  2021cites this paper
• Plant trait differences and soil moisture jointly affect insect herbivory on seedling young leaves in a subtropical forest

  2021cites this paper
• Effects of tree diversity on insect herbivory

  2021cites this paper
• The Vision of Managing for Pest-Resistant Landscapes: Realistic or Utopic?

  2021cites this paper
• Mixed effects of landscape structure, tree diversity and stand’s relative position on insect and pathogen damage in riparian poplar forests

  2021cites this paper
• Associational resistance to both insect and pathogen damage in mixed forests is modulated by tree neighbour identity and drought

  2020cites this paper
• Tree diversity promotes growth of late successional species despite increasing deer damage in a restored forest.

  2020cites this paper
• Effects of Forest Fragmentation on the Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Bats

  2020cites this paper
• Nutrient status not secondary metabolites drives herbivory and pathogen infestation across differently mycorrhized tree monocultures and mixtures

  2020cites this paper
• Tree species richness differentially affects the chemical composition of leaves, roots and root exudates in four subtropical tree species

  2020cites this paper
• Climate affects neighbour-induced changes in leaf chemical defences and tree diversity-herbivory relationships.

  2020cites this paper
• Invasive earthworms reduce chemical defense and increase herbivory and pathogen infection in native trees

  2020cites this paper
• Linking vein properties to leaf biomechanics across 58 woody species from a subtropical forest.

  2020cites this paper
• Plant apparency drives leaf herbivory in seedling communities across four subtropical forests

  2020cites this paper
• Tree Diversity and Forest Resistance to Insect Pests: Patterns, Mechanisms and Prospects.

  2020influential citation
• Leaf damage by herbivore feeding guilds along gradients of elevation and plant species richness

  2020cites this paper
• Tree species identity and forest composition affect the number of oak processionary moth captured in pheromone traps and the intensity of larval defoliation

  2020cites this paper
• Tree diversity effects on leaf insect damage on pedunculate oak: The role of landscape context and forest stratum

  2019cites this paper
• Leaf traits mediate changes in invertebrate herbivory along broad environmental gradients on Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.

  2019cites this paper
• Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in naturally assembled communities

  2019cites this paper
• Neighbouring crop diversity mediates the effect of Bt cotton on insect community and leaf damage in fields

  2019cites this paper
• Leaf mechanical strength and photosynthetic capacity vary independently across 57 subtropical forest species with contrasting light requirements.

  2019cites this paper
• Interface of biodiversity and ecosystem services: Does soil organic carbon correlate with the diversity of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Uzungwa Scarp Nature Reserve, Tanzania?

  2019cites this paper
• Quantifying pine processionary moth defoliation in a pine-oak mixed forest using unmanned aerial systems and multispectral imagery

  2019cites this paper
• The latitudinal herbivory hypothesis revisited: To be part is to be whole

  2019cites this paper
• Distribution patterns and environmental interpretation of beetle species richness in Helan Mountain of northern China

  2019cites this paper
• Nitrogen deposition and climate change effects on tree species composition and ecosystem services for a forest cohort

  2019cites this paper
• Interactions between oaks and the oak processionary moth, Thaumetopoea processionea L . : from trees to forest

  2019cites this paper
• DNA Barcoding Subtropical Aphids and Implications for Population Differentiation

  2019cites this paper
• Associational resistance to a pest insect fades with time

  2019cites this paper
• Tree diversity drives associational resistance to herbivory at both forest edge and interior

  2019cites this paper
• Distribution pattern and mechanism of insect species diversity in Inner Mongolia

  2018cites this paper
• Biodiversity across trophic levels drives multifunctionality in highly diverse forests

  2018cites this paper
• Knowledge gaps about mixed forests: What do European forest managers want to know and what answers can science provide?

  2018cites this paper
• Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

  2018cites this paper
• Facteurs de régulation naturelle des bio-agresseurs par les cortèges de prédateurs généralistes : effets microclimatiques dans un système maraîcher agroforestier biologique

  2018cites this paper
• Neighborhood diversity simultaneously increased and decreased susceptibility to contrasting herbivores in an early stage forest diversity experiment

  2018cites this paper
• Progress in Botany Vol. 79

  2018cites this paper
• Opposing intraspecific vs. interspecific diversity effects on herbivory and growth in subtropical experimental tree assemblages

  2017cites this paper
• Species-specific effects of genetic diversity and species diversity of experimental communities on early tree performance

  2017cites this paper
• Tree diversity increases levels of herbivore damage in a subtropical forest canopy: evidence for dietary mixing by arthropods?

  2017cites this paper
• Antiherbivory defense mechanisms along an environmental gradient in restinga

  2017cites this paper
• Tree diversity promotes generalist herbivore community patterns in a young subtropical forest experiment

  2017cites this paper
• Mixed-Species Forests

  2017cites this paper
• Herbivore and pathogen effects on tree growth are additive, but mediated by tree diversity and plant traits

  2017cites this paper
• Background Insect Herbivory: Impacts, Patterns and Methodology

  2017cites this paper
• Ecological stability of mixed-species forests

  2017cites this paper
• Tree diversity drives diversity of arthropod herbivores, but successional stage mediates detritivores

  2017cites this paper
• Patterns and determinants of plant biodiversity in non-commercial forests of eastern China

  2017cites this paper
• Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services

  2017cites this paper
• Different facets of tree sapling diversity influence browsing intensity by deer dependent on spatial scale

  2017cites this paper
• Tree Diversity Drives Forest Stand Resistance to Natural Disturbances

  2017cites this paper
• Consistent increase in herbivory along two experimental plant diversity gradients over multiple years

  2017cites this paper
• Invasion, alien control and restoration: Legacy effects linked to folivorous insects and phylopathogenic fungi

  2016cites this paper
• Leaf traits and foliar herbivory in tropical dry evergreen forest of India

  2016cites this paper
• Tree Species Richness Promotes Invertebrate Herbivory on Congeneric Native and Exotic Tree Saplings in a Young Diversity Experiment

  2016cites this paper
• Plant species richness as the main driver of moth metacommunities

  2016cites this paper
• Tree seedling richness, but not neighborhood composition, influences insect herbivory in a temperate deciduous forest community

  2016cites this paper