Robinson, MLHahn, PGInouye, BDUnderwood, NWhitehead, SRAbbott, KCBruna, EMCacho, NIDyer, LAAbdala-Roberts, LAllen, WJAndrade, JFAngulo, DFAnjos, DAnstett, DNBagchi, RBagchi, SBarbosa, MBarrett, SBaskett, CABen-Simchon, EBloodworth, KJBronstein, JLBuckley, YMBurghardt, KTBustos-Segura, CCalixto, ESCarvalho, RLCastagneyrol, BChiuffo, MCCinolu, DCinto Mejía, ECock, MCCogni, RCope, OLCornelissen, TCortez, DRCrowder, DWDallstream, CDáttilo, WDavis, JKDimarco, RDDole, HEEgbon, INEisenring, MEjomah, AElderd, BDEndara, MJEubanks, MDEveringham, SEFarah, KNFarias, RPFernandes, APFernandes, GWFerrante, MFinn, AFlorjancic, GAForister, MLFox, QNFrago, EFrança, FMGetman-Pickering, ASGetman-Pickering, ZGianoli, EGooden, BGossner, MMGreig, KAGripenberg, SGroenteman, RGrof-Tisza, PHaack, NHahn, LHaq, SMHelms, AMHennecke, JHermann, SLHoleski, LMHolm, SHutchinson, MCJackson, EEKagiya, SKalske, AKalwajtys, MKarban, RKariyat, RKeasar, TKersch-Becker, MFKharouba, HMKim, TNKimuyu, DMKluse, JKoerner, SEKomatsu, KJKrishnan, SLaihonen, MLamelas-López, LLaScaleia, MCLecomte, NLehn, CRLi, XLindroth, RLLoPresti, EFLosada, MLouthan, AMLuizzi, VJLynch, SCLynn, JSLyon, NJMaia, RAMannall, TLMartin, BSMassad, TJMcCall, ACMcGurrin, KMerwin, ACMijango-Ramos, ZMills, CHMoles, ATMoore, CMMoreira, XMorrison, CRMoshobane, MCMuola, ANakajima, KNovais, SOgbebor, COOhsaki, HPan, VSPardikes, NAPareja, MParthasarathy, NPawar, RRPaynter, QPearse, ISPenczykowski, RMPepi, AAPereira, CCPhartyal, SSPiper, FIPoveda, KPringle, EGPuy, JQuijano, TQuintero, CRasmann, SRosche, CRosenheim, LYRunyon, JBSadeh, ASakata, YSalcido, DMSalgado-Luarte, CSantos, BASapir, YSasal, YSato, YSawant, MSchoeder, HSchumann, ISegoli, MSegre, HShelef, OShinohara, NSingh, RPSmith, DSSobral, MStotz, GCTack, AJMTayal, MTooker, JFVaca-Uribe, JLValtonen, Avan Dik, LJAVandvik, VVillellas, JWaller, LaurenWeber, MGYamawo, AYim, SZarnetske, PLZehr, LNZhong, ZWetzel, WC2024-08-132023-11-092023-11-102023-09-270036-807537943897 (pubmed)https://hdl.handle.net/10182/17439Interactions between plants and herbivores are central in most ecosystems, but their strength is highly variable. The amount of variability within a system is thought to influence most aspects of plant-herbivore biology, from ecological stability to plant defense evolution. Our understanding of what influences variability, however, is limited by sparse data. We collected standardized surveys of herbivory for 503 plant species at 790 sites across 116° of latitude. With these data, we show that within-population variability in herbivory increases with latitude, decreases with plant size, and is phylogenetically structured. Differences in the magnitude of variability are thus central to how plant-herbivore biology varies across macroscale gradients. We argue that increased focus on interaction variability will advance understanding of patterns of life on Earth.pp.679-683Print-Electronicen© 2023 the authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science.Herbivory Variability Network*†AnimalsPlantsEcosystemPhylogenyBiological EvolutionHerbivoryBiological Variation, PopulationPlant Defense Against HerbivoryAnimalsPlantsEcosystemPhylogenyBiological EvolutionHerbivoryBiological Variation, PopulationPlant Defense Against HerbivoryJournal Article10.1126/science.adh88301095-9203ANZSRC::310803 Plant cell and molecular biologyANZSRC::310804 Plant developmental and reproductive biologyANZSRC::300303 Animal nutritionANZSRC::300307 Environmental studies in animal productionANZSRC::310302 Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)