Edge habitats create environmental gradients that affect plant community composition and herbivore behavior. Silvicultural disturbance creates edge habitat with direct (via changes in light) and ...

Herbivory and competition are two of the most common biotic stressors for plants. When occurring simultaneously, responses to one interaction can constrain the induction of responses to the other ...

The ability of tropical forests to grow and store carbon is limited, in part, by herbivory. Insects and other animals prefer to feed on nitrogen-fixing trees, reducing the success of fixers and the ...

It is widely accepted that biological interactions are stronger or more important in generating and maintaining biodiversity in the tropics than in temperate regions. However, this hypothesis has not ...

Utah State University ecologist Moria Robinson says herbivory on plants is one of the most important processes in nature. Yet scientists observe uneven distributions of herbivory within plant ...

Panicum virgatum L., commonly known as switchgrass, is a perennial bunch grass that is receiving attention as a potential candidate for biofuel production from its biomass (via conversion of cellulose ...

New research from the University of Toronto Mississauga demonstrates how carnivores transitioned into herbivores for the first time on land. Previously unknown, the 300-million-year old fossilized ...

Researchers have pinpointed the biggest threats to the only population of rare, endangered mule ear orchids in the U.S. A new study led by Washington University in St. Louis uses a mathematical model ...