Plants have a variety of chemical defenses that often increase in concentration following
attack by herbivores. Such induced plant responses can occur aboveground, in the leaves …

▪ Abstract Although predation has a lethal effect on prey, mature terrestrial plants are rarely
killed by herbivores, but herbivory can change plant allelochemistry, cell structure and …

Trophic cascades—the top-down regulation of ecosystems by predators—are an essential
aspect of ecosystem function and well-being. Trophic cascades are often drastically …

Aboveground-Belowground Linkages provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive
synthesis of recent advances in our understanding of the roles that interactions between …

Since the publication of the third edition of the Handbook of Plant and Crop Stress,
continuous discoveries in the fields of plant and crop environmental stresses and their …

Experiments assessing the effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning initially aimed at
establishing whether such relationships exist (eg Naeem et al. 1995; Tilman et al. 1996; …

Parasitoid wasps have long been considered as model organisms for examining optimal
resource allocation to different fitness functions, such as body size and development time …

▪ Abstract Investigations of plant-herbivore interactions continue to be popular; however, a
bias neglecting root feeders may limit our ability to understand how herbivores shape plant …

Arthropods are an important component of grassland systems, contributing significantly to
biodiversity and ecosystem structure and function. Climate, fire, and grazing by large …

Phenotypic plasticity enables invididuals to change their phenotype in response to their
environment. These phenotypic changes can affect many interactions between the members …