Herbivores in a sentence

Keystone herbivores keep vegetation populations in check and allow for a greater diversity of both herbivores and plants.

They confound a wide range of herbivores, insects, and pathogens; while the volatile phenolic compounds may attract benefactors such as parasitoids or predators of the herbivores that attack the plant.

Colored bars represent the total interaction frequencies of host plants and herbivores.

Since tiger is at the top of food chain, it has been able to help preserve a check on the population of herbivores to ensure the growth of forest cover which is a symbol of a healthy forest.

The beach zones are also home to lots of passive herbivores, meaning the player shouldn’t have to worry about being hunted or finding food.

Their presence can protect our forests from overgrazing of large herbivores.

The researchers studied the methane output data from modern herbivores such as cows.

Finally, Rob Pringle’s lab at Princeton pioneered an emerging technology that relies on DNA sequence data from the faecal matter of individual herbivores.

Numbers of larger herbivores (wildebeest, buffalo and elephant) also decreased, but not as severely (27%).

The hilly and heavily forested terrain is stocked with many of the great Iberian herbivores, including ibex, red deer, boar, and Mouflons, and is reported to harbour the occasional iberian lynx or imperial eagle as well.

Their research—published Thursday in the journal —sheds light on how individual members of "complex plant communities" evolve to emit similar odors, a pack mentality that keeps them alive and confuses hungry herbivores.

The laser used by the company looks for any material that doesn't contain chlorophyll, but grasshoppers, who are herbivores, do store chlorophyll in their systems.

Herbivores like uhu, manini, palani, kole and kala prevent algae from taking over the habitats coral rely on to reproduce.

Why are dogs and cats unisex, while dinosaurs, big or small, carnivores or herbivores, always coded as boyish?

Understanding when and how plants evolved and abandoned defenses in response to the herbivores that prey upon their leaves can help scientists model the process of co-evolution.

Although eucalyptus trees are seemingly well-defended from herbivores by the oils and phenolic compounds, they have insect pests.

Among the small herbivores are rabbits—especially the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)—which form the most important part of the diet of the carnivorous species of the Mediterranean woodlands.

A scientific report in 1910 claimed that Aborigines preferred the meat of herbivores rather than carnivores.

At the same time, several groups of dinosaurian herbivores evolved more sophisticated ways to orally process food.

A variety of galling insects are among the most specialized and diverse herbivores on the planet, and their extensive protections against abiotic stress factors have helped the insect in gaining that position of honor.