As a conservation strategy, the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)
establishes biodiversity gardens in areas with unique vegetation types that are vulnerable to …

Drought is an important stressor that affects plant growth, survival and physiology and,
through plant responses, alters plant–herbivore interactions and herbivore population …

In invaded regions, the introduced non-native plants Reynoutria japonica and Impatiens
glandulifera show little grazing damage, most likely due to the absence of specialized …

Climate change is altering ecosystems at multiple scales. Globally, warming temperatures
and increasing irregularity of precipitation will have large scale impacts on species …

Parasitoids are excellent model systems in addressing fundamental aspects of biology and
ecology while offering a high degree of economic and ecological value in regulating the …

In many terrestrial systems, water is an important resource that impacts plant growth, survival
and responses to herbivory. These impacts often cascade to affect herbivores and their …

One of the central questions of ecology aims to understand the mechanisms that maintain
patterns of species coexistence. Community assembly, the process of structuring …