Herbivory

Herbivory occurs when an animal feeds on a plant (e.g., a deer browsing on a shrub).

Community ecology 2008

Herbivory in global climate change research: direct effects of rising temperature on insect herbivores.

Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on structure of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term 2009

Dynamics of Forest Herbivory: Quest for Pattern and Principle, pp. 234 – 247.

Effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

Herbivory (pronounced her-BIV-or – ee) is the process whereby an animal eats a plant or a plant-like organism such as a seaweed or phytoplankton.

Herbivory 2009

Herbivory, like other types of disturbance, can help maintain species diversity in communities by removing plant species that compete intensively for resources, which allows other competitively inferior species to coexist.

Herbivory 2009

Dynamics of Forest Herbivory: Quest for Pattern and Principle, pp. 234 – 247.

Climate change and insects as a forest disturbance in the Arctic 2009

Herbivory is important in determining the population abundance and dynamics of individual plant species as herbivores often eat or kill whole plants or affect how much a plant can reproduce.

Herbivory 2009

Herbivory is also a significant influence, particularly on aspen and riparian willow communities.

South Central Rockies forests 2008

Herbivory, filter-feeding, carrion-feeding and flightlessness have all been evolved by ducks.

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

Herbivory, filter-feeding, carrion-feeding and flightlessness have all been evolved by ducks.

The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006