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Slug grazing effects on seedling and adult life stages of North American Prairie plants used in designed urban landscapes [PDF]

, 2011
Designed vegetation is a major contributor to ecosystem service provision incities, and as such the study of how herbivory and other ecological factors determine its capacity to deliver such services, is long overdue.
Hitchmough, James, Wagner, Markus
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Plant Genetic Engineering: Technological Pathways, Application Scenarios, and Future Directions

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review maps the fast‐evolving landscape of plant genetic engineering, linking enabling platforms with trait‐focused applications in architecture optimization, stress resilience, yield improvement, and quality enhancement. It highlights how genome editing, transgenic strategies, and emerging multi‐gene approaches reshape breeding pipelines, while ...
Peilin Wang, Wenzhi Wang, Dongjiao Wang, Qibin Wu, Youxiong Que   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coastal urbanization-related stressors affect fish herbivory in the Spermonde Archipelago, Indonesia

Frontiers in Marine Science
Coastal urbanization has significantly degraded coral reef habitats worldwide, often driving shifts from coral to algal dominance. Quantifying fish herbivory, a key ecological process mitigating such transitions, is essential for understanding reef ...
Estradivari, Estradivari, Andi M. A. Pratama, Gunawan Syafruddin, Puspita L. Kanna, Marleen Stuhr, Andrew F. Torres, Andrew F. Torres, Munawwarah, Dino A. Ramos, Rohani Ambo-Rappe, Sonia Bejarano, Oscar Puebla, Oscar Puebla, Christian Wild, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Sebastian C. A. Ferse   +17 more
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Influence of light availability and soil productivity on insect herbivory on bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) leaves following mammalian herbivory.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Vegetative parts of bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) are important forage for many boreal forest mammal, bird and insect species. Plant palatability to insects is affected by concentration of nutrients and defense compounds in plants.
Marcel Schrijvers-Gonlag, Christina Skarpe, Harry Peter Andreassen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structure and composition of Androstachys johnsonii woodland across various strata in Gonarezhou National Park, southeast Zimbabwe [PDF]

, 2011
A study on the structure and composition of Androstachys johnsonii Prain (Euphorbiaceae) woodland across three strata was conducted in Gonarezhou National Park (GNP), southeast Zimbabwe.
Chikorowondo, G., Gandiwa, E., Muvengwi, J., Zisadza-Gandiwa, P.   +3 more
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Cotton Recruits Soil‐Derived Delftia tsuruhatensis to Suppress Aphid Detoxification Via Salicylic Acid‐Mediated Defense

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This study systematically reveals a complex interactive network involving plants, microbes, and insects, elucidating the ecological and molecular mechanisms by which cotton enhances its resistance to aphids through the active recruitment of the beneficial soil bacterium Delftia tsuruhatensis.
Hui Xue, Fengchao Diao, Qiqing Yu, Xiangzhen Zhu, Tingfang Zhong, Li Wang, Kaixin Zhang, Dongyang Li, Jichao Ji, Junyu Luo, Jinjie Cui, Xueke Gao   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the African arid corridor hypothesis: A meta‐analysis including the phylogenetic and biogeographical history of Sesamothamnus

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise We examined the African arid corridor (AAC) disjunction pattern of vascular plants between northeastern and southwestern Africa in the context of geological and climatic events since the late Miocene. We developed a phylogenetic and biogeographical framework for the arid‐adapted genus Sesamothamnus (Pedaliaceae), a classic example of ...
John G. Zaborsky, Jeffrey P. Rose, Ricardo Kriebel, Bryan T. Drew, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Alan R. Lemmon, Kenneth J. Sytsma   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grasses and the resource availability hypothesis: the importance of silica-based defences [PDF]

, 2007
The resource availability hypothesis (RAH) predicts that allocation of resources to anti-herbivore defences differs between species according to their growth rate.
Ennos, Roland A., Hartley, Susan, Massey, Fergus P.   +2 more
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Comparative and functional anatomy of masticatory muscles and bite force in opossums (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae)

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
We describe the functional anatomy of masticatory muscles in nine opossums, finding a generalized anatomical pattern with differences related to skull morphology. Variation in quantitative myological data and estimated bite force was mostly related to size, and the increase in bite force supports dietary diversification associated with size increase ...
Juann A. F. H. Abreu, Diego Astúa
wiley   +1 more source

Lack of correlation between constitutive and induced resistance to a herbivore in crucifer plants: real or flawed by experimental methods? [PDF]

, 2009
The correlation between constitutive and induced resistance to herbivores in plants has long been of interest to evolutionary biologists, and various approaches to determining levels of resistance have been used in this field of research.
Dicke, M., Liu, S.S., Shu, J.P., Wu, Z.Y., Zhang, P.J.   +4 more
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