🌿 Trees can escape insect damage by shifting their timing. A new study led by Soumen Mallick, with A. Liebhold (FISC) as co-author and an international team, shows that trees damaged by herbivores delay budburst by ~3 days—reducing damage by up to 55%. More: www.forestinvasion.cz/news/trees-d...
Trees delay spring leaf-out to escape insect damage, new study showsTrees can delay leaf-out to escape insect damage. A new study co-authored by A. Liebhold (FISC) shows that past herbivory shifts budburst timing, reducing future damage by up to 55%www.forestinvasion.cz