Opposing Effects of Ceanothus velutinus Phytochemistry on Herbivore Communities at Multiple Scales
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Modeling Tritrophic Interactions in C. velutinus Communities of Dog Valley and Mt. Rose
2.2. Chemically Mediated Ecological Interactions in C. velutinus Communities
2.2.1. Spatiotemporal Chemical Variation
2.2.2. Phytochemical Covariance Clusters
2.3. Phytochemical Models of Tritrophic Interactions in C. velutinus Communities
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Site
4.2. Ecological Data
4.3. Sample Preparation
4.4. LC-TOF Analysis of Foliar Plant Tissue
4.5. Compound Classification, Annotation, and Normalization
4.6. WGCNA Correlation Networks and Model Construction
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Philbin, C.S.; Paulsen, M.; Richards, L.A. Opposing Effects of Ceanothus velutinus Phytochemistry on Herbivore Communities at Multiple Scales. Metabolites 2021, 11, 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11060361
Philbin CS, Paulsen M, Richards LA. Opposing Effects of Ceanothus velutinus Phytochemistry on Herbivore Communities at Multiple Scales. Metabolites. 2021; 11(6):361. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11060361
Chicago/Turabian StylePhilbin, Casey S., Matthew Paulsen, and Lora A. Richards. 2021. "Opposing Effects of Ceanothus velutinus Phytochemistry on Herbivore Communities at Multiple Scales" Metabolites 11, no. 6: 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo11060361