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Plants are subject to damage by a wide variety of threats and to varying degrees of destruction. Sustained damage induces changes in plant traits, and the effects of such damage-induced responses on the abundance and impact of insect herbivores is well documented. Although such plant responses may indirectly influence other insect herbivores either positively or negatively, little is known about positive indirect effects. This chapter focuses on the indirect effects of damage by three different threats: natural disturbances, mammals, and insects. In some cases, damage may have a positive indirect effect on insect herbivores by producing a new source of food, a new microhabitat, and/or changing plant defense chemicals. Therefore, positive indirect effects may potentially enhance the biodiversity of insect communities on terrestrial plants.
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Nakamura, M. (2006). Positive Indirect Effects of Biotic- and Abiotic-mediated Changes in Plant Traits on Herbivory. In: Ozaki, K., Yukawa, J., Ohgushi, T., Price, P.W. (eds) Galling Arthropods and Their Associates. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-32185-3_19
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