We are well into spring, and northern Arizona gardeners are bustling about preparing vegetable gardens, embedding ornamentals ...

I love this time of year, especially in the vegetable garden, since there is so much planting to be done! Late May is the ...

"All major types of herbivory appear to be present at Republic ... Labandeira's lab at the Smithsonian to be photographed so that insect leaf-damage could be computerized and measured.

The findings reveal that insects developed modern patterns of herbivory ... into the leaf tissue, creating lesions surrounded by scar tissue. A scientific illustration of an ancient insect ...

They measured light levels at each tree site and compared them to leaf features, including size, water content, chemical defenses, nutrients, toughness, and signs of insect herbivory. "Artificial ...

The study, ‘Artificial light at night decreases leaf herbivory in typical urban areas’, was published ... which could in turn result in lower abundances of predatory insects, insect-eating birds, and ...

Researchers analyzed leaf litter and green leaves for carbon ... “Put together, temperature shifts and insect herbivory can have profound effects on nutrient-limited forests.

The tougher the leaf, the less evidence of insect herbivory. The more intense the light, the more frequently scientists encountered leaves that showed no signs at all of herbivory. “The ...

For both species of tree, higher levels of artificial light meant tougher leaves. The tougher the leaf, the less evidence of insect herbivory. The more intense the light, the more frequently ...

The tougher the leaf, the less evidence of insect herbivory. The more intense the light, the more frequently scientists encountered leaves that showed no signs at all of herbivory. "The underlying ...

These trees, though similar in many ways, differ in leaf characteristics ... Nearly 5,500 leaves were collected and analyzed for insect herbivory and traits potentially affected by artificial light, ...

He spent his childhood observing such herbivory in ... of responding to insect incursions. Take the cabbage and mustard plants that can kill off a tiny patch of their leaf when they detect that ...