Aboveground insect herbivory increases plant competitive asymmetry, while belowground herbivory mitigates the effect [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Insect herbivores can shift the composition of a plant community, but the mechanism underlying such shifts remains largely unexplored. A possibility is that insects alter the competitive symmetry between plant species.
Pernilla Borgström +3 more
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Does Plant Origin Influence the Fitness Impact of Flower Damage? A Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Herbivory has been long considered an important component of plant-animal interactions that influences the success of invasive species in novel habitats.
Catalina González-Browne +3 more
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Changes in oak (Quercus robur) photosynthesis after winter moth (Operophtera brumata) herbivory are not explained by changes in chemical or structural leaf traits [PDF]
, 2020 Insect herbivores have the potential to change both physical and chemical traits of their host plant. Although the impacts of herbivores on their hosts have been widely studied, experiments assessing changes in multiple leaf traits or functions ...
Gripenberg, Sofia +5 more
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A latitudinal gradient in herbivore resistance in common sunflower, Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae) [PDF]
Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Background and aims – The intensity of herbivory is expected to decline with increasing latitude. As herbivory varies spatially and over time, a reliable method of assessing the intensity of herbivory is to examine the degree of herbivore resistance in ...
Laura Beaton
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Weak latitudinal gradients in insect herbivory for dominant rangeland grasses of North America
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Patterns of insect herbivory may follow predictable geographical gradients, with greater herbivory at low latitudes. However, biogeographic studies of insect herbivory often do not account for multiple abiotic factors (e.g., precipitation and soil ...
Dylan R. Kent +5 more
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Plant-Environment Interactions, 2023 Plants release a complex blend of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in response to stressors. VOC emissions vary between contrasting environments and increase with insect herbivory and rising temperatures.
Jolanta Rieksta +5 more
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Foliar Herbivory Reduces Rhizosphere Fungal Diversity and Destabilizes the Co-occurrence Network
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Insect herbivores can adversely impact terrestrial plants throughout ontogeny and across various ecosystems. Simultaneously, the effects of foliar herbivory may extend belowground, to the soil microbial community.
Yu Shi +6 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Pest herbivory regulation is one of the key functions provided by diverse ecosystems, especially when compared to species depauperate agro-ecosystems and in the context of increased pest outbreaks due to global change.
Qingqing Yang, Xiaohua Chen
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Plant-soil feedback (PSF), the process by which plants influence con- or heterospecifics via alteration of abiotic or biotic soil properties, is a known driver of plant coexistence and invasion.
Savannah I. Bennett +4 more
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Assessing invertebrate herbivory in human‐modified tropical forest canopies
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Studies on the effects of human‐driven forest disturbance usually focus on either biodiversity or carbon dynamics but much less is known about ecosystem processes that span different trophic levels.
Julia Rodrigues Barreto +6 more
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