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dc.contributor.authorHall, Casey R
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Anthony R
dc.contributor.authorKitching, Roger L
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-22T00:58:19Z
dc.date.available2017-12-22T00:58:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn1872-8855
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11829-016-9486-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143628
dc.description.abstractThe idea that galling insects actively manipulate host plant chemistry has been previously documented but has not been quantified across a range of galler and host plant taxa. We present the first quantitative review of the relationship between insect galling and levels of secondary metabolites in host plants. Using meta-analytic techniques, we examined this relationship across 40 galler and host plant species combinations. We found that galling insects are associated with significantly higher levels of tannins and phenolics; however, no difference was found for volatiles. Hymenoptera, Diptera and Hemiptera were associated with higher levels of secondary metabolites; however, only Hymenoptera was significant. The climatic zone of the study area did not explain significant differences in gall-induced secondary metabolites. Overall the results show that the ability of galling insects to manipulate host plant secondary chemistry is widespread across insect and plant taxa. The evolutionary success of galling insects may be in part due to this unique ability.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto11
dc.relation.ispartofjournalArthropod-Plant Interactions
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEcology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPlant biology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPlant biology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchZoology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3108
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310899
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3109
dc.titleA meta-analysis of the effects of galling insects on host plant secondary metabolites
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.description.notepublicThis publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKitching, Roger L.
gro.griffith.authorCarroll, Anthony R.


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