Classic theory relates herbivore pressure to the ecology and evolution of plant defenses.
Here, we summarize current trends in the study of plant–herbivore interactions and how they …

Terrestrial biodiversity is dominated by plants and the herbivores that consume them, and
they are one of the major conduits of energy flow up to higher trophic levels. Here, we …

Given that a plant's defensive strategy against herbivory is never likely to be a single trait, we
develop the concept of plant defense syndromes, where association with specific ecological …

1. With evidence of significant global insect declines mounting, urgent calls to mitigate such
declines are also increasing. Efforts to reverse insect declines will only succeed, however, if …

One of the most important shifts in evolutionary biology in the past 50 years is an increased
recognition of sluggish evolution and failures to adapt, which seem paradoxical in view of …

Ecology Letters (2012) Abstract The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most
striking ecological patterns on our planet. Determining the evolutionary causes of this …

Coevolutionary models suggest that herbivores drive diversification and community
composition in plants. For herbivores, many questions remain regarding how plant defenses …

Ehrlich and Raven formally introduced the concept of stepwise coevolution using butterfly
and angiosperm interactions in an attempt to account for the impressive biological diversity …

Understanding why there are so many kinds of tropical trees requires learning, not only how
tree species coexist, but what factors drive tree speciation and what governs a tree clade's …

How polyphagous herbivores cope with the diversity and unpredictability of plant defenses
remains largely unknown at both the genetic and molecular levels. To examine whether …