Emerging technologies are increasingly employed in environmental citizen science projects.
This integration offers benefits and opportunities for scientists and participants alike. Citizen …

Florivory is an ancient interaction which has rarely been quantified due to a lack of
standardized protocols, thus impairing biogeographical and phylogenetic comparisons. We …

Plant damage by invertebrate herbivores and pathogens influences the dynamics of
grassland ecosystems, but anthropogenic changes in nitrogen and phosphorus availability …

The chemical arms race between plants and insects is foundational to the generation and
maintenance of biological diversity. We asked how the evolution of a novel defensive …

Plant–soil feedback (PSF) may influence plant–insect interactions. Although plant defense
differs between shoot and root tissues, few studies have examined root‐feeding insect …

Multiple hypotheses have been put forth to understand why defense chemistry in individual
plants is so diverse. A major challenge has been teasing apart the importance of …

Once every 13 or 17 years within eastern North American deciduous forests, billions of
periodical cicadas concurrently emerge from the soil and briefly satiate a diverse array of …

The caterpillar larvae of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella) are avid plastivores, as
when provided a diet of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) they actively feed on it. Recent …

Summary The Salicaceae, including Populus and Salix, are dioecious perennials that utilize
different sex determination systems. This family provides a useful system to better …

In the decades since the first cannabinoids were identified by scientists, research has
focused almost exclusively on the function and capacity of cannabinoids as medicines and …