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On quantifying tolerance of herbivory for comparative analyses.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2008
Wise Michael J, Carr David E
Abstract excerpt
As the evolutionary importance of plant tolerance of herbivory is increasingly appreciated, more and more studies are not just measuring a plant's tolerance, but are comparing tolerance among plant genotypes, populations, species, and environments. Here, we suggest that caution must be taken in such comparative studies in the choice of measurement scales (and data transformations) for damage levels and plant...
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