Ever since the first plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) were isolated and identified,
questions about their ecological functions and diversity have been raised. Recent advances …

Plants harbour a great chemodiversity, that is diversity of specialised metabolites (SMs), at
different scales. For instance, individuals can produce a large number of SMs, and …

Plant chemodiversity, the diversity of plant‐specialized metabolites, is an important
dimension of biodiversity. However, there are so far few mathematical models to test verbal …

Seed predation by rodents relies on the abundance of available seeds and seed traits like
sizes and tannin-content. Here, by tracking the fates of 2400 tagged seeds of two sympatric …

Simple Summary The predation and/or dispersal of Quercus seeds by rodents play an
important role in the creation of the tree species. Using the tagging method, we measured …

Rodents attack oak (Quercus wutaishanica) seeds based on their sizes and frequencies
before germination. However, the predation of oak seeds post-germination (seedling …

An increasing number of field studies have shown that the phenotype of an individual plant
depends not only on its genotype but also on those of neighboring plants; however, this fact …

Many plant species have evolved defense traits against herbivores. Associational effects
(AEs) refer to a kind of apparent interaction where the herbivory risk to a focal plant species …

Understanding how genetic variation within a foundation species determines the structure of
associated communities and ecosystem processes has been an emerging frontier in …

Coexisting plant species often share the same animal mutualists and enemies. The
selection preference of an animal on a focal individual is not only directly affected by the …