Silicon and Plant–Animal Interactions: Towards an Evolutionary Framework [PDF]
Plants, 2020 Herbivory is fundamental in ecology, being a major driver of ecosystem structure and functioning. Plant Si and phytoliths play a significant antiherbivory role, the understanding of which and of its evolutionary context will increase our understanding of
Ofir Katz
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Soil–Plant–Animal Mineral Dynamics in Extensive Goat Production Systems: A Critical Review of Geochemical Availability, Soil–Plant Transfer, and Ruminal Bioavailability [PDF]
AnimalsMineral imbalances in extensive goat production are frequently viewed as isolated deficiencies; however, they arise from complex interactions within the soil–plant–animal continuum. This review critically synthesizes evidence on mineral dynamics in goats
Jesús E. Rivera-Larraga +7 more
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Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions as Part of Plant Defense and Animal Immunity
Molecules, 2015 The immune system consists of a complex network of cells and molecules that interact with each other to initiate the host defense system. Many of these interactions involve specific carbohydrate structures and proteins that specifically recognize and ...
Kristof De Schutter, Els J. M. Van Damme
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The Odour, the Animal and the Plant
Molecules, 2001 A review of the literature is presented that gives a background to the human sense of smell, then the importance of learnt and innate olfactory cues in animal behaviour.
Deidre Tronson
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Plant-animal interactions between carnivorous plants, sheet-web spiders, and ground-running spiders as guild predators in a wet meadow community. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2020 Krupa JJ +4 more
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Colored nectar as an honest signal in plant-animal interactions. [PDF]
Plant Signal Behav, 2012 Many flowering plants obtain the services of pollinators by using their floral traits as signals to advertise the rewards they offer to visitors-such as nectar, pollen and other food resources. Some plants use colorful pigments to draw pollinators' attention to their nectar, instead of relying on the appeal of nectar taste.
Zhang FP, Larson-Rabin Z, Li DZ, Wang H.
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Looking to the past to inform the future: What eDNA from herbarium specimens can tell us about plant-animal interactions. [PDF]
Appl Plant SciWaters C, Hurt C, Krosnick S.
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Approximately one-third of the typical human Western diet depends upon pollination for production, and honey bees (Apis mellifera) are the primary pollinators of numerous food crops, including fruits, nuts, vegetables, and oilseeds.
Timothy C. Cameron +5 more
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Floral UV Features of Plant Species From a Neotropical Savanna
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Despite the wide interest in flower colours, only after the end of the nineteenth-century studies started to comprise floral UV reflection, which is invisible to humans but visible to the major groups of pollinators.
Priscila Tunes +2 more
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Environmental Challenges, 2021 Phytoremediation is an economically viable green technology that utilizes hyperaccumulator plants to remove heavy metals (HM) from the soil. Hyperaccumulators are adept at sequestering high concentrations of HM in aerial parts and intracellular ...
Sharda Pasricha +5 more
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