In natural and agricultural ecosystems, omnivorous insects are omnipresent. Whether they are 'true omnivores' that require both plant and prey resources to complete their life-cycle, 'herbivores ...

Testing the ERH would be more meaningful if such studies also included introduced non-invasive species because introduced plants, regardless of their abundance or impact, may support a reduced insect ...

Evolution has resulted in the development of both herbivores and carnivores—but ... chameleons eat only insects, Gila monsters are fond of eggs, and apex predators like the saltwater crocodile ...

more maneuverable herbivores like insects. To guard against herbivorous insects, some plants use a layer of plant hairs, or trichomes (Figure 3d). Trichomes are extensions of the epidermis that ...

“We’ve known for a long time that herbivores do eat other insects, but so far people studying herbivory have kind of ignored that because it’s a lot easier to put herbivores in a neat bin in which ...

As they eat a diet of grass and clover, cows are classed as herbivores. The name for animals that eat meat and plants. Rats eat plants, seeds, and fruit, as well insects and other animals.

Research in the Abarca lab combines natural history observations, experimental manipulations both in the field and the laboratory, and implementation of ecological modeling techniques to study how ...

These provide sustenance for the lowest-level consumers, which include insects and plant-eating animals, or herbivores. There are a wealth of herbivores in Etosha, ranging in size from small ...

My research is focused on spatial interactions in ecological systems, in particular among herbivorous insects on oak, among dung beetles and among insects of the high Arctic. During the last decade, I ...