Cardenolides are remarkable steroidal toxins that have become model systems, critical in
the development of theories for chemical ecology and coevolution. Because cardenolides …

Terrestrial biodiversity is dominated by plants and the herbivores that consume them, and
they are one of the major conduits of energy flow up to higher trophic levels. Here, we …

What are the ecological causes and consequences of variation in phytochemical diversity
within and between plant taxa? Despite decades of natural products discovery by organic …

In this essay I summarize current trends in the evolutionary ecology of plant defence, while
advocating for approaches that integrate community ecology with specific tests of classic …

Although they are relative latecomers on the evolutionary scene, having emerged only 135?
170 million years ago, angiosperms—or flowering plants—are the most diverse and species …

With more than two billion people suffering from malnutrition and diets homogenizing
globally, it is vital to identify and conserve nutrient-rich species that may contribute to …

There is controversy about whether traditional medicine can guide drug discovery, and
investment in bioprospecting informed by ethnobotanical data has fluctuated. One view is …

Hairless dogs have imperfect teeth; long-haired and coarse-haired animals are apt to have,
as is asserted, long or many horns; pigeons with feathered feet have skin between their …

For highly specialized insect herbivores, plant chemical defenses are often co-opted as cues
for oviposition and sequestration. In such interactions, can plants evolve novel defenses …

Ecology affects each of the three principal processes leading to speciation: genetic
differentiation among populations within species, acquisition of reproductive isolation …