Stand Diversity Does Not Mitigate Increased Herbivory on Climate‐Matched Oaks in an Assisted Migration Experiment

• Published in: Plant, cell and environment Vol. 48; no. 5; pp. 3620 - 3631
• Main Authors: Felix, Juri A., Stevenson, Philip C., Barsoum, Nadia, Koricheva, Julia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2025; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Animals; Assisted migration; Availability; Biodiversity; chemical defences; Climate; climate matching; Damage; environment; herbivores; Herbivory; Herbivory - physiology; Insecta - physiology; Insects; Italy; Leaves; Mixtures; Monoculture; oak; Original; Pests; Plant Leaves - physiology; Plant species; Planting; plant–herbivore interactions; provenance; Quercus - growth & development; Quercus - parasitology; Quercus - physiology; Quercus robur; species; species mixture; Tannins; Tannins - metabolism; tree diversity; Tree planting; Trees; Trees - physiology; Italy; chemical defences; monoculture; species mixture; tree diversity; oak; plant–herbivore interactions; assisted migration; climate matching

ABSTRACT Assisted migration is a tree‐planting method where tree species or populations are translocated with the aim of establishing more climate‐resilient forests. However, this might potentially increase the susceptibility of translocated trees to herbivory. Stand diversification through planting...