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When is an herbivore not an herbivore? Detritivory facilitates herbivory in a freshwater system [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2018 AbstractHerbivory is thought to be an inefficient diet, but it independently evolved from carnivorous ancestors in many metazoan groups, suggesting that plant‐eating is adaptive in some circumstances. In this study, we tested two hypotheses to explain the adaptive evolution of herbivory: (i) the Heterotroph Facilitation hypothesis (herbivory is ...
Jessica L. Sanchez, Joel C. Trexler
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Birds exploit herbivore‐induced plant volatiles to locate herbivorous prey [PDF]
Ecology Letters, 2013 Abstract Arthropod herbivory induces plant volatiles that can be used by natural enemies of the herbivores to find their prey. This has been studied mainly for arthropods that prey upon or parasitise herbivorous arthropods but rarely for insectivorous birds, one of the main groups of predators of herbivorous ...
Amo, L. +4 more
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Inhibition of lipoxygenase affects induction of both direct and indirect plant defences against herbivorous insects [PDF]
, 2009 Herbivore-induced plant defences influence the behaviour of insects associated with the plant. For biting–chewing herbivores the octadecanoid signal-transduction pathway has been suggested to play a key role in induced plant defence.
Marcel Dicke +13 more
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, 2022 Assessing the heat tolerance (CTmax) of organisms is central to understand the impact of climate change on biodiversity. While both environment and evolutionary history affect CTmax, it remains unclear how these factors and their interplay influence ...
Majcher, BM +13 more
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Insect herbivore communities colonising the flower-heads of Berkheya in South Africa and Carduoideae in Europe and California [PDF]
, 1989 Bibliography: leaves 231-233.One of the main purposes of this study was to determine whether general conclusions can be made about the association of insect herbivores with Berkheya and thistles and whether there are any 'rules' that have influenced the ...
Clark, Maxwell Maitland
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Herbivore preference drives plant community composition [PDF]
, 2015 Herbivores are important drivers of plant species coexistence and community assembly. However, detailed mechanistic information on how herbivores affect dominance hierarchies between plant species is scarce.
Unsicker, S. +17 more
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Herbivore-induced glucosinolates
, 2019 Constitutive and herbivore-induced amounts of glucosinolates produced by Arabis alpina plants from six populations in a common greenhouse ...
Mescher, Mark C +7 more
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Caprine and Ovine Genomic Selection—Progress and Application
AnimalsThe advancement of sequencing technology and molecular breeding methods has provided technical support and assurance for accurate breeding. Genomic Selection (GS) utilizes genomic information to improve livestock breeding, and it is more accurate and ...
Linyun Zhang +4 more
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Animals, 2021 This study aimed to investigate the effects of multi-bacteria solid-state fermented diets with different crude fiber (CF) levels on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and microbial flora of finishing pigs.
Ping Hu +7 more
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Distinct defense strategies allow different grassland species to cope with root herbivore attack [PDF]
, 2019 Root-feeding insect herbivores are of substantial evolutionary, ecological and economic importance. Plants can resist insect herbivores through a variety of tolerance and resistance strategies.
Erb, Matthias +5 more
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