Abstract Herbivory is an interaction with great impact on plant communities since relationships between herbivores and plants are fundamental to the distribution and abundance of species over time and space. The aim of this study was to monitor the rate of leaf expansion in the tree fern Cyathea phalerat...
Abstract Introduction: The study of herbivory is fundamental in ecology and includes how plants invest in strategies and mechanisms to reduce herbivore damage. However, there is still a lack of information about how the environment, plant density, and functional traits influence herbivory in aquatic ecos...
Abstract This work evaluated the effect of seasonality on ant-plant interaction in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests, using as an ecological model the species Ipomoea carnea subs. fistulosa (Convolvulaceae). We performed systematic collection of ants, herbivores and leaves in marked plants, evaluated the...
Introduction: Herbivores specialized in consuming ant-defended plants evolve strategies to prevent the attack of ant workers. When the plant can associate with more than one ant species, the herbivore evasion strategies may either be species-specific, or flexible enough to successfully deter workers of d...
Bovines and equines are the domestic animals with the highest incidence of rabies in Brazil. This study evaluated the data input in testing request forms for rabies in herbivores accompanying samples sent to a certified laboratory of rabies diagnosis in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Information...
Abstract Palms are an important component of Neotropical communities as they are often diverse and abundant. In some areas, palms occur in high density and act as limiting factor in tree recruitment by limiting tree seedling and sapling abundance. In this study, I evaluated the intensity of seed mortali...
Abstract This study aimed to inventory the herbivore insects associated with Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae) fruits and seeds and their primary and secondary parasitoids. Six samples collected between May and October 2013 yielded 210 fruits, from which 326 insects of six orders e...
Brasil,
Escarabajos/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Escarabajos/parasitología,
Escarabajos/fisiología,
Dípteros/fisiología,
Fabaceae/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Cadena Alimentaria,
Frutas/fisiología,
Herbivoria,
Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos,
Insectos/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Insectos/parasitología,
Insectos/fisiología,
Larva/crecimiento & desarrollo
Abstract Brazil is a leading palm oil producer, but the defoliating caterpillars Opsiphanes invirae Hübner Brassolis sophorae L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) can reduce the productivity of this crop. The aim of this study was to evaluate the development and reproduction of the parasitoid Trichospilus dia...
Arecaceae/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Brasil,
Mariposas Diurnas/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Mariposas Diurnas/parasitología,
Herbivoria,
Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos,
Larva/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Larva/parasitología,
Larva/fisiología,
Hojas de la Planta/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Reproducción,
Avispas/crecimiento & desarrollo,
Avispas/fisiología
Abstract The avoidance of vertebrate herbivory is thought to be one of the possible drivers for the evolution of epiphytism. Scarce literature suggests that epiphyte herbivory is mainly related to insect attack on reproductive structures. In a pine-oak forest we observed almost all inflorescences of an ...
Abstract Macroinvertebrate shredders consume preferably leaves conditioned by fungi and bacteria which offer greater palatability to them. Plant species in Cerrado present high concentration of chemical elements such as lignin and cellulose, phenols and tanins thus making them less attractive for shredd...
Brasil,
Dieta,
Preferencias Alimentarias,
Herbivoria,
Insectos/fisiología,
Melastomataceae/fisiología,
Hojas de la Planta/clasificación,
Hojas de la Planta/fisiología,
Ríos/química,
Sapotaceae/fisiología,
Árboles/clasificación,
Árboles/fisiología
