Ever since the first plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) were isolated and identified,
questions about their ecological functions and diversity have been raised. Recent advances …

Ecosystem engineers have been widely studied for terrestrial systems, but global trends in
research encompassing the range of taxa and functions have not previously been …

Plants produce volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with diverse structures and functions,
which change in response to environmental stimuli and have important consequences for …

Galls are the product of enclosed internal herbivory where the gall maker induces a plant
structure within which the herbivores complete their development. For successful sustained …

By feeding on plant tissue, insect herbivores can change several characteristics of their
hosts. These changes have the potential to alter the quality of the plant for other herbivore …

The quality and outcome of organismal interactions are not only a function of genotypic
composition of the interacting species, but also the surrounding environment. Both the …

Galls are a kind of plant-organism interaction defined as a manifestation of the
reprogramming of plant cell growth induced by organisms with ecological impacts on host …

Plant interactions with herbivores and pathogens are among the most widespread
ecological relationships, and show many congruent properties. Despite these similarities …

Damage by herbivores often modifies plant structure and physiology, which may change the
behaviour and performance of future herbivores. Here, we studied such interactions among …

The role played by phytohormones in insect galls and the mechanisms underlying plant
manipulation by gall makers are still unclear. Galls made by Leptocybe invasa on two …