Unequal Impacts: USU Ecologist Explores Variability in Plant, Herbivore Interactions
December 04, 2023
December 04, 2023
LOGAN, Utah, Dec. 4 -- Utah State University issued the following news:
For plants, it's a try-not-to-get-eaten world, where photosynthetic organisms have evolved many different physical and chemical defenses to avoid attack from hungry plant-eating animals and insects. But herbivore damage on plants can be highly variable -- even among plants in the same population.
"Herbivory on plants is one of the most important processes in nature," says Utah State Univer . . .
For plants, it's a try-not-to-get-eaten world, where photosynthetic organisms have evolved many different physical and chemical defenses to avoid attack from hungry plant-eating animals and insects. But herbivore damage on plants can be highly variable -- even among plants in the same population.
"Herbivory on plants is one of the most important processes in nature," says Utah State Univer . . .