Rangelands throughout the world contain varying but often substantial proportions of
shrubs. Shrubs are generally heavily chemically defended, and herbivores must either …

The research literature on food selection by large herbivores is extensive. Still, we are
generally lacking in our knowledge of the influence of potentially interacting chemical …

Berini et al. Abiotic Conditions Differentially Alter PSMs significant changes in response to
warming and canopy. Our results demonstrate that the metabolic response of woody plants …

The nutrient balancing hypothesis proposes that, when sufficient food is available, the
primary goal of animal diet selection is to obtain a nutritionally balanced diet. This …

The vast number of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) produced by higher plants has
generated many efforts to exploit their potential for pest control. We performed a systematic …

The role of plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) in sha** the feeding decisions, habitat
suitability, and reproductive success of herbivorous mammals has been a major theme in …

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 …

For herbivores, nutrient intake is limited by the relatively low nutritional quality of plants and
high concentrations of potentially toxic defensive compounds (plant secondary metabolites …

Plant–herbivore interactions have strong ecological and evolutionary consequences, but
have been traditionally overlooked in marine higher plants. Despite recent advances in …

A central goal of nutritional ecology is to understand how variation in food quality limits the
persistence of wild animal populations. Habitat suitability for browsing mammals is strongly …