Insect herbivory reshapes a native leaf microbiome. [PDF]
Nat Ecol Evol, 2020 Abstract Insect herbivory is pervasive in plant communities, but its impact on microbial plant colonizers is not well-studied in natural systems. By calibrating sequencing-based bacterial detection to absolute bacterial load, we find that the within-host abundance of most leaf microbiome (phyllosphere) taxa colonizing
Humphrey PT, Whiteman NK.
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Insect herbivory along environmental gradients [PDF]
Open Journal of Ecology, 2012 There is a general assumption in the literature that insect herbivory increases towards the tropics, but decreases with increasing altitude. Similar generalities have been identified along other environmental gradients, such as resource, temperature, climatic and biotic gradients. However there is growing evidence in the scientific literature that such
Nigel R Andrew, Sarah J Hill
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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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Herbivory by a Phloem-feeding insect inhibits floral volatile production. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 There is extensive knowledge on the effects of insect herbivory on volatile emission from vegetative tissue, but little is known about its impact on floral volatiles.
Martin Pareja +6 more
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The effect of insect herbivory on the growth and fitness of introduced Verbascum thapsus L [PDF]
NeoBiota, 2013 A majority of the plant species that are introduced into new ranges either do not become established, or become naturalized yet do not attain high densities and are thus considered ecologically and economically unproblematic. The factors that limit these
Hannah Wilbur +3 more
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Defense and Adaptive Strategies of Crithmum maritimum L. Against Insect Herbivory: Evidence of Phenotypic Plasticity [PDF]
PlantsInsect herbivory exerts strong selective pressure on plants, yet no study has documented its effects on the halophytic Apiaceae Crithmum maritimum L. (sea fennel).
Liliya Naui +6 more
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Anthropogenic Pressures, Rather Than Plant Vigour, Promote Insect Herbivory Rates on Securidaca longepedunculata Along Elevation in a South African Woodland [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding why some plants experience greater herbivory than others is central to predicting population dynamics and ecosystem resilience. We tested the plant vigour hypothesis, the resource concentration hypothesis and the role of anthropogenic ...
Mashudu Patience Mamathaba +3 more
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Insect herbivory facilitates the establishment of an invasive plant pathogen. [PDF]
ISME Commun, 2021 Abstract Plants can be severely affected by insect herbivores and phytopathogenic fungi, but interactions between these plant antagonists are poorly understood. We analysed the impact of feeding damage by the abundant herbivore Orchestes fagi on infection rates of beech (Fagus sylvatica) leaves with Petrakia liobae, an invasive plant ...
Gossner MM +4 more
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Persistent inner tepals and wings protect developing seeds of Rheum nanum from insect herbivory in Central Asian cold deserts [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAlthough the postdispersal functions of diaspore (fruit and its appendages) have been reported, little is known about their protective/defensive functions.
Yuting Li +4 more
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Insect Herbivore Populations and Plant Damage Increase at Higher Elevations [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Elevation gradients are used as a proxy to simulate climate change effects. A field study was conducted along an elevational gradient in Nepal to understand the effects of abiotic conditions on agriculturally important insect herbivore populations ...
Sulav Paudel +5 more
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