Local adaptation of aboveground herbivores towards plant phenotypes induced by soil biota [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Soil biota may trigger strong physiological responses in plants and consequently induce distinct phenotypes. Plant phenotype, in turn, has a strong impact on herbivore performance.
Bonte, Dries +5 more
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Insect herbivory along environmental gradients
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 +2 more
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Regeneration in gap models: priority issues for studying forest responses to climate change [PDF]
, 2001 Recruitment algorithms in forest gap models are examined with particular regard to their suitability for simulating forest ecosystem responses to a changing climate. The traditional formulation of recruitment is found limiting in three areas.
Clark, D.F. +11 more
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Host plant recognition by the root feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) [PDF]
, 2004 This study investigated the ability of neonatal larvae of the root-feeding weevil, Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, to locate white clover Trifolium repens L. (Fabaceae) roots growing in soil and to distinguish them from the roots of other species of clover and
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Aggregation Behavior of a Willow Flea Beetle, \u3ci\u3eAltica Subplicata\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) [PDF]
, 2017 This study examined the aggregation behavior of a specialist insect herbivore, Altica subplicata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), on its host plant, Salix cordata. Mark-recapture experiments were conducted in patches of S. cordata growing along the shores of
Bach, Catherine E, Carr, Deborah S
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Variable effects of temperature on insect herbivory
PeerJ, 2014 Rising temperatures can influence the top-down control of plant biomass by increasing herbivore metabolic demands. Unfortunately, we know relatively little about the effects of temperature on herbivory rates for most insect herbivores in a given community.
Lemoine, Nathan P. +2 more
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Herbivore induction of the glucosinolate-myrosinase defense system: major trends, biochemical bases and ecological significance [PDF]
, 2009 Like many other plant defense compounds, glucosinolates are present constitutively in plant tissues, but are also induced to higher levels by herbivore attack.
Gershenzon, J., Textor, S.
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Insect Herbivory on Low-Lignin Transgenic Aspen [PDF]
Environmental Entomology, 2006 Ecological effects of genetically modified plants cannot always be predicted based on knowledge of the plant species or transgene. We studied the effects of transgenic aspen (Populus tremuloides Michaux) with reduced lignin and altered growth phenotypes on the feeding performance of gypsy moth larvae (Lymantria dispar L.) and forest tent caterpillars ...
Sarah E. Brodeur-Campbell +5 more
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Impact of non-outbreak insect damage on vegetation in northern Europe will be greater than expected during a changing climate [PDF]
, 2018 Background insect herbivory, in addition to insect outbreaks, can have an important long term influence on the performance of tree species. Since a projected warmer climate may favour insect herbivores, we use a dynamic ecosystem model to investigate the
Callaghan, Terry +2 more
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A century of tree line changes in sub-Arctic Sweden shows local and regional variability and only a minor influence of 20th century climate warming [PDF]
, 2011 Aim Models project that climate warming will cause the tree line to move to higher elevations in alpine areas and more northerly latitudes in Arctic environments.
Callaghan, Terry V +5 more
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