Erythroxylum tortuosum 24 claims

Claim · model-written summary

Nitrogen, leaf area and fluctuating asymmetry did not differ between edge and interior plants.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Outcome

Nitrogen, leaf area and fluctuating asymmetrye0

Direction

did not differe0

Comparator

the two plant groupse0

Verbatim

e0

“Nitrogen, leaf area and fluctuating asymmetry did not differ between the two plant groups”

t0

“Erythroxylum tortuosum”

Claim · model-written summary

Young leaves of edge plants had significantly higher tannin levels than those of interior plants.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Organ / stage

Young leavese0

Treatment

the edge plantse0

Outcome

levels of tanninse0

Direction

highere0

Comparator

interior plantse0

Verbatim

e0

“Young leaves of the edge plants had significantly higher levels of tannins and lower levels of water than those of interior plants”

t0

“Erythroxylum tortuosum”

Claim · model-written summary

Young leaves of edge plants had significantly lower water levels than those of interior plants.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Organ / stage

Young leavese0

Treatment

the edge plantse0

Outcome

levels of watere0

Direction

lowere0

Comparator

interior plantse0

Verbatim

e0

“Young leaves of the edge plants had significantly higher levels of tannins and lower levels of water than those of interior plants”

t0

“Erythroxylum tortuosum”

Claim · model-written summary

The authors suggest that differences in leaf chemical concentrations between edge and interior plants may be due to light intensity, wind, temperature and leaf age rather than plant stress.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Outcome

differences in leaf chemical concentrationse0

Qualifier

light intensity, wind, temperature and leaf agee0

Verbatim

e0

“We suggest that differences in leaf chemical concentrations between edge and interior plants may occur due to factors such as light intensity, wind, temperature and leaf age rather than plant stress”

t0

“Erythroxylum tortuosum”

Claim · model-written summary

Most reproductive events of E. tortuosum occurred during the spring.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Outcome

reproductive eventse0

Qualifier

during the springe0

Verbatim

e0

“most reproductive events occurred during the spring”

t0

“Erythroxylum tortuosum”

Claim · model-written summary

Leaf buds and young leaves prevailed during the rainy season.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Outcome

Leaf buds and young leavese0

Qualifier

during the rainy seasone0

Verbatim

e0

“Leaf buds and young leaves prevailed during the rainy season”

t0

“Erythroxylum tortuosum”

Claim · model-written summary

In the dry season vegetative events decreased due to leaf senescence followed by leaf abscission.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Outcome

vegetative eventse0

Direction

decreasede0

Qualifier

In the dry seasone0

Verbatim

e0

“In the dry season, however, the vegetative events decreased due to leaf senescence followed by leaf abscission”

t0

“Erythroxylum tortuosum”

Claim · model-written summary

The probability of oviposition is not significantly related to fluctuating asymmetry or leaf size.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Treatment

fluctuating asymmetrye2

Interactor

Agnippe Chamberse1herbivore

Outcome

probability of ovipositione2

Direction

no_changeinferrede2

Verbatim

t0

“on Erythroxylum tortuosum (Erythroxylaceae) leaves”

e1

“variation in fluctuating asymmetry and size of Erythroxylum tortuosum Mart. (Erythroxylaceae) leaves influence oviposition of the specialist leaf-miner Agnippe Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)”

e2

“the probability of oviposition is not significantly related to fluctuating asymmetry or to leaf size”

Claim · model-written summary

Females laid significantly more eggs on larger leaves.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Treatment

larger leavese3

Interactor

Agnippe Chamberse1herbivore

Outcome

eggse3

Direction

moree3

Verbatim

t0

“on Erythroxylum tortuosum (Erythroxylaceae) leaves”

e1

“variation in fluctuating asymmetry and size of Erythroxylum tortuosum Mart. (Erythroxylaceae) leaves influence oviposition of the specialist leaf-miner Agnippe Chambers (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)”

e3

“females laid significantly more eggs on larger leaves”

Claim · model-written summary

The oviposition behaviour appears not to result from active selection of leaves.

Taxon

Erythroxylum tortuosumErythroxylum tortuosumt0

Outcome

this behavioure4

Qualifier

not to be a result of active selection of leavese4

Verbatim

t0

“on Erythroxylum tortuosum (Erythroxylaceae) leaves”

e4

“this behaviour appears not to be a result of active selection of leaves”