3.4) Plant trait response and effect
Accounting for the multiple traits and site and/or species records
within studies, we had a total of 1516 recorded responses (plant trait
response to herbivory or plant trait effect on herbivore selection).
Despite some similarities in studied plant traits between vertebrate and
invertebrate focused studies overall, once responses were separated into
either trait response to herbivory or trait effect on herbivore
selection there was little overlap, and thus our capacity to compare
responses between vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores is limited.
Subsequently, interpretations below predominantly discuss trait response
and effect for these two herbivore guilds separately. We also focus our
discussion predominantly on the top-five traits of the most measured
responses (Table 2). All trait information can be found in Appendix B
and C.