Plant performance is based on the relationship between resource acquisition and allocation to complete essential functions. Herbivory causes compromises in resource allocation that impact at the plant and within-plant (sub-individual) levels. This impacts fruit display traits which in turn affect reproductive success and seed dispersal. Because leaf damage affects resource allocation, herbivory should modulate the relationship between fruit display traits. We explore the relation between the level of leaf herbivory (mean damage and coefficient of variation) and fruit display traits in Vassobia breviflora (Solanaceae). According to trait function, we explore relationships between reproductive traits (seed number and weight), reward traits (sugar concentration, pulp weight), and relationships between reproductive and reward traits. We found no effect of herbivory on the correlation between reproductive traits, but an effect was found on the correlation between rewards traits. In conclusion, herbivory affects the correlation between fruit traits, and the magnitude and direction of the association between traits vary according to the magnitude and variation of the damage at the within-plant level. In evolutionary terms, our results suggest that within-plant variation in leaf traits would constitute a strategy to resolve allocation conflicts derived from damage and to maintain fruit display characteristics that favor the interaction with seed dispersers.

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食草叶调节单个植物内的果实性状相关性

工厂绩效基于资源获取和分配之间的关系以完成基本功能。草食导致资源分配的妥协，影响到植物和植物内（亚个体）的水平。这会影响果实的展示性状，进而影响繁殖成功和种子传播。由于叶片受损会影响资源分配，因此食草应调节果实展示性状之间的关系。我们探讨了短叶紫草的叶片食草水平（平均伤害和变异系数）与果实展示性状之间的关系。（茄科）。根据性状功能，我们探讨生殖性状（种子数量和重量），奖励性状（糖浓度，果肉重量）之间的关系以及生殖性状和奖励性状之间的关系。我们发现草食对生殖性状之间的相关性没有影响，但是对奖励性状之间的相关性有影响。总之，食草会影响果实性状之间的相关性，并且性状之间关联的程度和方向会根据植物内水平的伤害程度和变化而变化。用进化论的话