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Plants’ ability to sense and respond to airborne sound is likely to be adaptive: reply to comment by Pyke et al
Author(s) -
Goldshtein Aya,
Veits Marine,
Khait Itzhak,
Saban Kfir,
Sapir Yuval,
Yovel Yossi,
Hadany Lilach
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ecology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.852
H-Index - 265
eISSN - 1461-0248
pISSN - 1461-023X
DOI - 10.1111/ele.13514
Subject(s) - ecology , sound (geography) , adaptive value , field (mathematics) , biology , acoustics , mathematics , physics , pure mathematics
Ecol. Lett. 22, 2019, 1483 demonstrated, for the first time, a rapid response of a plant to the airborne sounds of pollinators. Pyke et al . argue that this response is unlikely to be adaptive. Here we clarify some misunderstandings, and demonstrate the potential adaptive value using theoretical modelling and field observations.