Indications of an Achaea sp. caterpillar outbreak disrupting fruiting of an ectomycorrhizal tropical tree in Central African rainforest

• Published in: Plant ecology and evolution Vol. 156; no. 1; pp. 46 - 58
• Main Authors: Norghauer, Julian M., Newbery, David M., Neba, Godlove A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Meise Royal Botanical Society of Belgium 01.01.2023; Pensoft Publishers; Meise Botanic Garden
• Subjects: Analysis; Bivariate analysis; Cameroon; Caterpillars; Contingency; Data collection; Deforestation; Diameters; Dispersion; Ectomycorrhizas; Empirical analysis; Fecundity; Forests; Herbivores; Herbivory; Insects; Legumes; National parks; Newbery, David Michael; Outbreaks; Pest outbreaks; Plant species; Polynomials; Rain forests; Rainforests; Regression analysis; Regression models; RESEARCH ARTICLE; Seeds; Statistical analysis; Trees; Tropical forests; United Kingdom; United Kingdom; Cameroon; Central Africa

Background and aims – Where one or several tree species come to dominate patches of tropical forest, as many masting ectomycorrhizal legumes do in Central Africa, ecological theory predicts they may be prone to herbivory, which might alter their reproductive output. This was indirectly investigated...