The relationships between toad behaviour, antipredator defences, and spatial and sexual variation in predation pressure [PDF]
Background Animal behaviour is under strong selection. Selection on behaviour, however, might not act in isolation from other fitness-related traits. Since predators represent outstanding selective forces, animal behaviour could covary with antipredator ...
Francisco Javier Zamora-Camacho
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Cyanogenesis of wild lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) is an efficient direct defence in nature. [PDF]
In natural systems plants face a plethora of antagonists and thus have evolved multiple defence strategies. Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) is a model plant for studies of inducible indirect anti-herbivore defences including the production of volatile ...
Daniel J Ballhorn +3 more
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Abstract
Braekman, Jean Claude, Daloze, Désiré
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Compound Specific Trends of Chemical Defences in Ficus Along an Elevational Gradient Reflect a Complex Selective Landscape [PDF]
Elevational gradients affect the production of plant secondary metabolites through changes in both biotic and abiotic conditions. Previous studies have suggested both elevational increases and decreases in host-plant chemical defences.
Novotny V +13 more
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CELLULAR RESPONSES TO DNA DAMAGE AND ONCOGENESIS BY THE p53 AND pRb/E2F PATHWAYS
Cellular responses to stress including DNA damage, show multiple options involving the mechanisms of growth arrest. DNA repair and programmed cell death or apoptosis. Failures in these mechanisms can result in oncogenesis or accelerated senescence.
Elza Ibrahim Auerkari +6 more
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The Role of Silicon in Antiherbivore Phytohormonal Signalling
The role of plant silicon (Si) in the alleviation of abiotic and biotic stress is now widely recognised and researched. Amongst the biotic stresses, Si is known to increase resistance to herbivores through biomechanical and chemical mechanisms, although ...
Casey R. Hall +4 more
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Metabolomic assessment of induced and activated chemical defence in the invasive red alga Gracilaria vermiculophylla. [PDF]
In comparison with terrestrial plants the mechanistic knowledge of chemical defences is poor for marine macroalgae. This restricts our understanding in the chemically mediated interactions that take place between algae and other organisms.
Göran M Nylund +3 more
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Correlations between physical and chemical defences in plants: tradeoffs, syndromes, or just many different ways to skin a herbivorous cat? [PDF]
Most plant species have a range of traits that deter herbivores. However, understanding of how different defences are related to one another is surprisingly weak.
Alejandro J. Bisigato +301 more
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Testing the effectiveness of pyrazine defences against spiders [PDF]
Insects live in a dangerous world and may fall prey to a wide variety of predators, encompassing multiple taxa. As a result, selection may favour defences that are effective against multiple predator types, or target-specific defences that can reduce ...
Burdfield-Steel, E.R. +8 more
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Herbivore induction of jasmonic acid and chemical defences reduce photosynthesis in Nicotiana attenuata. [PDF]
Herbivory initiates a shift in plant metabolism from growth to defence that may reduce fitness in the absence of further herbivory. However, the defence-induced changes in carbon assimilation that precede this reallocation in resources remain largely ...
Nabity PD, Zavala JA, DeLucia EH.
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