A Meta‐Analysis of Herbivore Effects on Plant Attractiveness to Pollinators

We performed a meta‐analysis to assess the overall effects of herbivory on pollinator attraction to plants. In addition, we also looked at herbivore effects on floral traits to explain changes in pollinator attraction, as well as on plant reproductive success measures to address the implications of herbivore–pollinator interactions for plant fitness. We found an overall significant negative effect of herbivores on floral traits, plant attractiveness to pollinators, and plant reproductive success. Nonetheless, herbivore effects were noticeably contingent on the plant tissue attacked. This photograph illustrates the article “A meta‐analysis of herbivore effects on plant attractiveness to pollinators” by Xoaquín Moreira, Bastien Castagneyrol, Luis Abdala‐Roberts, and Anna Traveset published in Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.270