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Low-intensity insect herbivory could have large effects on ecosystem productivity through reduced canopy photosynthesis [PDF]

Web Ecology
Our current understanding of the effect of insect herbivory on ecosystem productivity is limited. Previous studies have typically quantified only the amount of leaf area loss or have been conducted during outbreak years when levels of herbivory are much ...
K. Visakorpi, K. Visakorpi, S. Gripenberg, Y. Malhi, T. Riutta   +4 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, Kaoping Zhang, Tiantian Ma, Zhongyue Zhang, Ping Li, Zhenlong Xing, Jianqing Ding   +6 more
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Lianas, trees and insect herbivory [PDF]

, 2018
Insect herbivory is a key ecological process which mediates the structure, functioning and maintenance of forests. Studies of insect herbivory in tropical forests typically focus on trees whereas the contributions of other plant types, particularly ...
Odell, Erica
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Water stress and insect herbivory interactively reduce crop yield while the insect pollination benefit is conserved [PDF]

, 2020
Climate change is predicted to hamper crop production due to precipitation deficits and warmer temperatures inducing both water stress and increasing herbivory due to more abundant insect pests.
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The role of leaf traits and bird-mediated insect predation on patterns of herbivory in a semiarid environment in central Mexico

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2017
Background. In arid environments plants face aridity and herbivory, therefore it has been proposed that both are convergent selective forces. However the drivers of insect herbivory in these ecosystems remain poorly understood. Question.
Betsabe Ruiz-Guerra, Erika Nieves-Silva, Roger Guevara   +2 more
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A comparative study of plant volatiles induced by insect and gastropod herbivory

Scientific Reports, 2021
Insect and gastropod herbivores are major plant consumers and their importance in the evolution of plant defensive traits is broadly recognized. However, their respective effects on plant responses have rarely been compared.
Leslie Mann, Diane Laplanche, Ted C. J. Turlings, Gaylord A. Desurmont   +3 more
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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., Burkepile, Deron E., Parker, John D.   +2 more
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Simulating evolutionary responses of an introgressed insect resistance trait for ecological effect assessment of transgene flow: a model for supporting informed decisionmaking in environmental risk assessment [PDF]

, 2013
Predicting outcomes of transgene flow from arable crops requires a system perspective that considers ecological and evolutionary processes within a landscape context.
Hilbeck, Angelika, Meier, Matthias S., Matthias Suter, Peter J. Edwards, Angelika Hilbeck, Trtikova, Miluse, Matthias S. Meier, Miluse Trtikova, Suter, Matthias, Edwards, Peter J.   +9 more
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Metabolic analysis of the interaction between plants and herbivores [PDF]

, 2008
Insect herbivores by necessity have to deal with a large arsenal of plant defence metabolites. The levels of defence compounds may be increased by insect damage.
Marsden-Edwards, Emma, Goodacre, R., Jeroen J. Jansen, Jansen, J.J., Jansen, J.M., Van der Putten, W.H., Allwood, J. William, Jansen, Jeroen J., van der Putten, Wim H., Van Dam, N.M., van Dam, M., Royston Goodacre, Dam, N.M. van, Dam, M., van, Goodacre, Royston, Nicole M. van Dam, Wim H. van der Putten, Allwood, J.W., Putten, W.H., van der, J. William Allwood, Emma Marsden-Edwards, van Dam, Nicole M., Marsden-Edwards, E., Wim H. Putten, Nicole M. Dam, Putten, W.H. van der   +25 more
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Potential of Quercetin to Reduce Herbivory without Disrupting Natural Enemies and Pollinators

Agriculture, 2021
Quercetin is one of the most abundant flavonoids in terrestrial plants and pollen. In living plants, quercetin can function as a secondary metabolite to discourage insect herbivory.
Eric W. Riddick
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