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Differential responses of herbivores and herbivory to management in temperate European beech.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Forest management not only affects biodiversity but also might alter ecosystem processes mediated by the organisms, i.e. herbivory the removal of plant biomass by plant-eating insects and other arthropod groups.
Martin M Gossner, Esther Pašalić, Markus Lange, Patricia Lange, Steffen Boch, Dominik Hessenmöller, Jörg Müller, Stephanie A Socher, Markus Fischer, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Wolfgang W Weisser   +10 more
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Evidence of effects of herbivory on Arctic vegetation: a systematic map protocol [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Along with climate change, herbivory is considered a main driver of ecosystem change in terrestrial Arctic environments. Understanding how herbivory influences the resilience of Arctic ecosystems to ongoing environmental changes is essential ...
V. T. Ravolainen, Ravolainen, Virve T., E. M. Soininen, Barrio, Isabel C, Speed, J.D.M., Ravolainen, Virve, Jepsen, J.U., I. Barrio, D. Ehrich, Soininen, Eeva M, Soininen, E.M., J. U. Jepsen, Ehrich, Dorothee, J. D. M. Speed, Jepsen, Jane Uhd, Ehrich, D., Barrio, I., Ravolainen, V.T., Speed, James David Mervyn   +18 more
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From Defense Executor to Engineering Target: Harnessing Lignin for Crop Resistance

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Lignin serves as both a physical and chemical executor of broad‐spectrum plant immunity. This review systematically summarizes classical and recent advances in lignin‐mediated immunity, outlines the multifaceted regulatory modules controlling lignification under biotic stress, discusses key physiological and biochemical mechanisms behind lignin‐based ...
Yanwen Yu, Ke Wang, Huachuan Tuo, Jiankun Li, Liping Xu, Chang‐Jun Liu, Mingyue Gou   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The 'Herbivory Uncertainty Principle': application in a cerrado site

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Researchers may alter the ecology of their studied organisms, even carrying out apparently beneficial activities, as in herbivory studies, when they may alter herbivory damage.
CA Gadotti, MA Batalha
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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
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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

Efeitos da herbivoria na sobrevivência e reprodução de Actinocephalus polyanthus, uma espécie monocárpica de dunas: Effects of herbivory on survival and reproduction of Actinocephalus polyanthus, a monocarpic specie of dune [PDF]

, 2013
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Algas e Plantas, Florianópolis, 2013.Fatores bióticos e abióticos atuam sobre a interação planta-herbívoro ...
Tito Leon, Richard
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New craniodental materials of Falcarius utahensis (Theropoda: Therizinosauria) reveal patterns of intraspecific variation and cranial evolution in early coelurosaurians

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite documented ecomorphological shifts toward an herbivorous diet in several coelurosaurian lineages, the evolutionary tempo and mode of these changes remain poorly understood, hampered by sparse cranial materials for early representatives of major clades. This is particularly true for Therizinosauria, with representative crania best known
William J. Freimuth, Lindsay E. Zanno
wiley   +1 more source

Inter‐ and intraspecific variation in theropod dinosaur dental microwear and its palaeoecological implications

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Differences in skull and tooth morphology, stomach contents, and estimated bite force between medium‐to‐large sized (≥100 kg) predatory theropod dinosaurs have long been suspected to correlate with differences in their diets and dietary guilds (e.g., hypercarnivory, piscivory).
Cassius Morrison, James Gregory, Christopher Jackson, Jordan Bestwick, Katlin Schroeder, Samuel J.L. Gascoigne, Paul Bills, Laura B. Porro, Philip D. Mannion, Paul M. Barrett   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Widespread distribution of large silesaurids evidenced by a new record from the Middle Triassic of southwest Gondwana

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
The largest silesaurid known from South America is described here, demonstrating that silesaurids reached large body sizes in southwestern Gondwana. This discovery further underscores the widespread geographic distribution and temporal persistence of large silesaurids across Pangea, despite faunal turnovers and environmental events such as the Carnian ...
Rodrigo Temp Müller
wiley   +1 more source