ABSTRACT
Background Herbivory has the potential to impact every stage in a plant’s life [1], and thus inuences where a plant can grow and its abundance [2]. Dierent kinds of herbivory have dierential impacts on plants. Herbivory can reduce resource availability and subsequently have indirect impacts on plant reproduction [3]. Both meristem damage [4] and leaf damage [3] have been shown to negatively impact components of plant tness such as survival, ower number, and fruit production [1,4-6].
