Jecologyblog iconJecologyblogSep 1, 2026

Can plant traits help us predict who gets eaten?

Around them, insects and other invertebrates are feeding, fungi are infecting leaves, and the climate is changing. Intraspecific trait variation responds consistently to global change drivers and mediates herbivory across unrelated plant species Plants may look still, but they live in a busy world.

Can plant traits help us predict who gets eaten?

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Intraspecific trait variation responds consistently to global change drivers and mediates herbivory across unrelated plant species Plants may look still, but they live in a busy world.

Around them, insects and other invertebrates are feeding, fungi are infecting leaves, and the climate is changing.

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Intraspecific trait variation responds consistently to global change drivers and mediates herbivory across unrelated plant species Plants may look still, but they live in a busy world. Around them, insects and other invertebrates are feeding, fungi are infecting leaves, and the climate is changing.

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