Inducible chemical defences in animals [PDF]
Oikos, 2014 Phenotypic plasticity is extremely widespread in the behaviour, morphology and life‐history of animals. However, inducible changes in the production of defensive chemicals are described mostly in plants and surprisingly little is known about similar plasticity in chemical defences of animals. Inducible chemical defences may be common in animals because
Hettyey, Attila +2 more
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Chemical defences against herbivores [PDF]
, 2012 This chapter focuses on the recent and emerging research involving chemical defences against herbivory in aquatic primary producers. It provides an overview of plant chemical defence theories and highlights recent research on aquatic primary producers ...
Henrik Pavia +8 more
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Specificity in Mesograzer-Induced Defences in Seagrasses. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Grazing-induced plant defences that reduce palatability to herbivores are widespread in terrestrial plants and seaweeds, but they have not yet been reported in seagrasses. We investigated the ability of two seagrass species to induce defences in response
Begoña Martínez-Crego +5 more
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Comparing the Above and Below-Ground Chemical Defences of Three Rumex Species Between Their Native and Introduced Provenances. [PDF]
J Chem Ecol, 2023 Compared to their native range, non-native plants often experience reduced levels of herbivory in the introduced range. This may result in reduced pressure to produce chemical defences that act against herbivores.
Costan CA +3 more
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Chemical antipredator defence is linked to higher extinction risk [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Many attributes of species may be linked to contemporary extinction risk, though some such traits remain untested despite suggestions that they may be important.
Kevin Arbuckle
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Chemical defences indicate bold colour patterns with reduced variability in aposematic nudibranchs. [PDF]
Proc Biol SciThe selective factors that shape phenotypic diversity in prey communities with aposematic animals are diverse and coincide with similar diversity in the strength of underlying secondary defences.
van den Berg CP +7 more
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Leaf chemical defences and insect herbivory in oak: accounting for canopy position unravels marked genetic relatedness effects. [PDF]
Ann Bot, 2020 *Background and Aims Highly controlled experiments document that plant genetic diversity and relatedness can shape herbivore communities and patterns of herbivory. Evidence from the field is, however. scarce and inconsistent.
Valdés-Correcher E +6 more
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Beetle bombing always deters praying mantises [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Some animals have evolved chemical weapons to deter predators. Bombardier beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) can eject toxic chemicals at temperatures of 100 °C from the tips of their abdomens, ‘bombing’ the attackers. Although some
Shinji Sugiura
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Investment in seed physical defence is associated with species' light requirement for regeneration and seed persistence: evidence from Macaranga species in Borneo. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The seed stage is often critical in determining the regeneration success of plants. Seeds must survive an array of seed predators and pathogens and germinate under conditions favourable for seedling establishment.
Pimonrat Tiansawat +4 more
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Bombardiers and assassins: mimetic interactions between unequally defended insects [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 In defensive mimicry, resemblance between unequally defended species can be parasitic; this phenomenon has been termed quasi-Batesian mimicry. Few studies have used real co-mimics and their predators to test whether the mimetic interactions were ...
Shinji Sugiura, Masakazu Hayashi
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