Dear Colleagues, We are seeking studies to include in a metaanalysis investigating how nitrogen deposition influences plant chemical defenses and insect response in non-agricultural systems. Having scoured the literature, we are especially asking for help in finding unpublished work (though suggestions of published studies are welcome, in case we missed something). Studies need not have included both defensive and insect response, and statistically non-significant results are also valuable. If you have an unpublished study you are willing to share with us for this analysis, or if you know of anyone who may, we would be very grateful for your help and suggestions.
We are especially interested in studies reporting the following foliar responses to rates of N fertilization less than 150 kg N/ha/yr (15g N/m2): phenolics, tannins, glycosides, alkaloids, terpenoids, glucosinolates, and cardenolides. Studies of herbivore response could be at the guild or species level, and should reporting one (or more) of the following responses to N fertilization: rates of herbivory damage, herbivore density, abundances, rate of increase, or other demographic rates. Thank you! John Bishop & Mailea Miller-Pierce Mailea Miller-Pierce, PhD Candidate, School of Biological Sciences Washington State University m.miller-pie...@wsu.edu<mailto:m.miller-pie...@wsu.edu> and John Bishop, Ph.D. Professor, School of Biological Sciences Washington State University 360 546-9612 bish...@wsu.edu<mailto:bish...@wsu.edu>
