Explaining intraspecific diversity in plant secondary metabolites in an ecological context

BD Moore, RL Andrew, C Külheim, WJ Foley - New Phytologist, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Plant secondary metabolites (PSM s) are ubiquitous in plants and play many ecological
roles. Each compound can vary in presence and/or quantity, and the composition of the …

Plant defense against herbivores: chemical aspects

A Mithöfer, W Boland - Annual review of plant biology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Plants have evolved a plethora of different chemical defenses covering nearly all classes of
(secondary) metabolites that represent a major barrier to herbivory: Some are constitutive; …

Gut microbes of mammalian herbivores facilitate intake of plant toxins

KD Kohl, RB Weiss, J Cox, C Dale… - Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The foraging ecology of mammalian herbivores is strongly shaped by plant secondary
compounds (PSC s) that defend plants against herbivory. Conventional wisdom holds that …

Phloroglucinol compounds of natural origin

IP Singh, SB Bharate - Natural product reports, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Phloroglucinol compounds of natural origin - Natural Product Reports (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/B600518G
Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious ArticleNext Article DOI: 10.1039/B600518G …

Conserving koalas: a review of the contrasting regional trends, outlooks and policy challenges

C McAlpine, D Lunney, A Melzer, P Menkhorst… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), one of the world's most iconic faunal species, was
recently listed under Australian government legislation as vulnerable in the northern states …

Gorilla society: conflict, compromise, and cooperation between the sexes

AH Harcourt, KJ Stewart - Mammalia, 2008 - degruyter.com
AH Harcourt, a well-known professor of anthropology at the University of California, has
published papers on gorillas since 1978 and KJ Stewart has worked with him since 1987 …

The importance of forest area and configuration relative to local habitat factors for conserving forest mammals: a case study of koalas in Queensland, Australia

CA McAlpine, JR Rhodes, JG Callaghan… - Biological …, 2006 - Elsevier
The loss and fragmentation of forest habitats by human land use are recognised as
important factors influencing the decline of forest-dependent fauna. Mammal species that …

Obligate herbivory in an ancestrally carnivorous lineage: the giant panda and bamboo from the perspective of nutritional geometry

Y Nie, Z Zhang, D Raubenheimer, JJ Elser… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Herbivores face various nutritional challenges in their life cycles, challenges that may
become increasingly acute under ongoing environmental changes. Here, focusing on …

Nutritional goals of wild primates

AM Felton, A Felton, DB Lindenmayer, WJ Foley - Functional Ecology, 2009 - JSTOR
1. Primates meet their nutritional goals by prioritizing certain nutritional parameters when
choosing the types and quantities of different foods. 2. There are five major models applied …

Revisiting the dietary niche: when is a mammalian herbivore a specialist?

LA Shipley, JS Forbey, BD Moore - Integrative and comparative …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Understanding dietary specialization in herbivores has theoretical and practical implications
in ecology, yet defining niche breadth consistently has been problematic. To increase clarity …