Error management in plant allocation to herbivore defense

Authors

John L. Orrock, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Andy Sih, University of California, Davis
Maud C.O. Ferrari, University of Saskatchewan, Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Richard Karban, University of California, Davis
Evan L. Preisser, University of Rhode Island
Michael J. Sheriff, Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer S. Thaler, Cornell University

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

8-1-2015

Abstract

Herbivores can greatly reduce plant fitness. Error management theory (EMT) predicts the evolution of adaptive plant defensive strategies that err towards making less-costly errors so as to avoid making rare, costly errors. EMT provides a common framework for understanding observed levels of variation in plant defense among and within species.

Publication Title, e.g., Journal

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volume

30

Issue

8

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Orrock, John L., Andy Sih, Maud C. Ferrari, Richard Karban, Evan L. Preisser, Michael J. Sheriff, and Jennifer S. Thaler. "Error management in plant allocation to herbivore defense." Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30, 8 (2015): 441-445. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.005.