Plant–herbivore interactions have evolved in response to coevolutionary dynamics, along
with selection driven by abiotic conditions. We examine how abiotic factors influence trait …

The primary reason animals, including insect herbivores, eat is to acquire a mix of nutrients
needed to fuel the processes of growth, development, and reproduction. Most insect …

Plants face a daunting array of creatures that eat them, bore into them, and otherwise use
virtually every plant part for food, shelter, or both. But although plants cannot flee from their …

In many parts of the world, forests are likely to face novel disturbance regimes as a result of
global change processes, and there is concern that the capacity of forest ecosystems to …

Numerous studies have demonstrated that plant species diversity enhances ecosystem
functioning in terrestrial ecosystems, including diversity effects on insects (herbivores …

Research on the ecological and evolutionary roles of phytochemicals has recently
progressed from studying single compounds to examining chemical diversity itself. A key …

▪ Abstract Many terrestrial communities include omnivorous arthropods that feed on both
prey and plant resources. In this review we first discuss some unique morphological …

Summary 1 Silica in the leaves of grasses can act as a defence against both vertebrate and
invertebrate herbivores. The mechanisms by which silica affects herbivore performance are …

▪ Abstract This review points out the problem of processing multiple sensory inputs and
provides evidence that generalists suffer a disadvantage compared with specialists with …

There is growing interest in the effects of changing marine biodiversity on a variety of
community properties and ecosystem processes such as nutrient use and cycling …