Compensatory growth responses to defoliation and light availability in two native Mexican woody plant species

Defoliation, often caused by herbivory, is a common cause of biomass loss for plants that can affect current and future growth and reproduction. There are three models that predict contrasting compensatory growth responses of plants to herbivory and resource availability: (1) Growth rate model, (2)...

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description Defoliation, often caused by herbivory, is a common cause of biomass loss for plants that can affect current and future growth and reproduction. There are three models that predict contrasting compensatory growth responses of plants to herbivory and resource availability: (1) Growth rate model, (2) Compensatory continuum hypothesis and (3) Limiting resource model. The predictions of these three models were tested on the tree Brosimum alicastrum and the liana Vitis tiliifolia. Seedlings were subjected to three levels of experimental defoliation (0%, 50% and 90% leaf removal) along a light resource gradient (1%, 9% and 65% of full sun). In both species, defoliation significantly increased leaf production rate and relative growth rate of leaf area, but not of biomass. Net assimilation rate was the strongest driver of biomass growth in both species, but leaf area ratio and specific leaf area were also important in B. alicastrum. Compensatory responses of leaf area growth in B. alicastrum were significantly greater in higher than lower light availability, consistent with the compensatory continuum hypothesis predictions, but in contrast to the growth rate model predictions. The limiting resource model offered an explanation for all possible experimental outcomes by directly considering the effects of environmental differences in resource availability. La defoliación ocasionada por herbivoría causa pérdida de biomasa que puede afectar el crecimiento y la reproducción en plantas. Tres modelos que predicen respuestas contrastantes del crecimiento compensatorio de plantas a la herbivoría y a la disponibilidad de recursos son: (1) Modelo de la tasa de crecimiento, (2) Hipótesis de la compensación continua, y (3) Modelo del recurso limitante. Se examinaron las predicciones a estos tres modelos en la especie arbórea Brosimum alicastrum y en la liana Vitis tiliifolia. Las plántulas se sometieron a tres niveles de defoliación experimental (0, 50 y 90% de defoliación total) a lo largo de un gradiente de luz (1, 9 y 65% de luz total). En ambas especies, la defoliación afectó de manera positiva y significativa la tasa de producción foliar y la tasa relativa de crecimiento en área foliar, pero no afectó la biomasa. La tasa de asimilación neta fué el parámetro que mejor explicó las diferencias en la tasa relativa de crecimiento en biomasa en ambas especies, pero en B. alicastrum la relación foliar y el área específica foliar también fueron factores importantes. Las respuesta
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subjects Animal and plant ecology
Animal, plant and microbial ecology
Biological and medical sciences
Biomass
Brosimum alicastrum
Calakmul
compensatory continuum hypothesis
Compensatory growth
Defoliation
Environmental effects
Forest ecology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Growth rate
growth rate model
Herbivores
Herbivory
Indigenous species
Leaf area
Leaves
limiting resource model
Mexico
Plant ecology
Plant growth
Plant reproduction
Plant species
Plants
relative growth rate
Resource availability
Seedlings
Synecology
Terrestrial ecosystems
tropical forest
Tropical forests
Vitis tiliifolia
Woody plants
title Compensatory growth responses to defoliation and light availability in two native Mexican woody plant species
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