Utilization of the Viscum Species for Diet and Medicinal Purposes in Ruminants: A Review

O Hawu, KE Ravhuhali, MG Musekwa, N Sipango… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary True mistletoe (of the Viscum species) is a semi-parasitic, perennial
browse species that is found attached to its host—a shrub or a tree. It has important …

Mistletoes in a changing world: a premonition of a non-analog future?

FE Fontúrbel - Botany, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Mistletoes are a group of flowering plants that have developed a parasitic lifeform through
complex eco-evolutionary processes. Despite being considered a pest, mistletoes represent …

[HTML][HTML] Photosynthesis, chlorophyll content and water potential of a mistletoe-host pair in a semi-arid savanna

A Amutenya, E Kwembeya, R Shikangalah… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mistletoes can have detrimental effects on host trees. Mistletoe-infected trees may suffer
from reduced growth and loss of vigor thereby contributing to low productivity of host trees …

Mistletoe infection in an oak forest is influenced by competition and host size

R Matula, M Svatek, M Palkova, D Volařík, T Vrška - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Host size and distance from an infected plant have been previously found to affect mistletoe
occurrence in woody vegetation but the effect of host plant competition on mistletoe infection …

Host specificity and aggregation for a widespread mistletoe in Campo Rupestre vegetation

TJ Guerra, MA Pizo, WR Silva - Flora, 2018 - Elsevier
Assessment of host infection and distribution patterns are crucial to understand the
underling mechanisms that shape parasitic plant spread in natural ecosystems. However …

Species turnover increases ant–trophobiont interaction dissimilarities along a geographical gradient

M Belchior, FS Neves, W Dáttilo… - Insect Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the recent advances regarding the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of ant–
trophobiont mutualistic interactions, understanding their spatial variation remains a …

From leaves to the whole tree: Mistletoe effects on the productivity, water relations, and demography of a Neotropical savanna tree

MC Silva, GS Teodoro, JMC Junior, SS Bastos… - Austral …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Trees' responses to mistletoes occur at multiple organization levels (eg, leaf, individual,
population), yet integrating these multi‐scale responses is still challenging. Here, we …

Modeling occupancy of hosts by mistletoe seeds after accounting for imperfect detectability

RF Fadini, R Cintra - PLoS One, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The detection of an organism in a given site is widely used as a state variable in many
metapopulation and epidemiological studies. However, failure to detect the species does not …

The Variation and phenetic relationships of Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq. from various host trees based on morphological characters

NP Adiansyah, PD Islami… - … : Jurnal Ilmiah Biologi, 2023 - journal3.uin-alauddin.ac.id
Abstract Dendrophthoe pentandra (L.) Miq.; Loranthaceae) is a shrub parasitic on various
host tree species. This species is often used for herbal medicinal ingredients by local …

The effect of human impact and environmental conditions on Polylepis forest and on the world's highest mistletoe infestation

MA Arizapana-Almonacid, V Camel… - Plant Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Forests dominated by the genus Polylepis (Rosaceae) are highly threatened due to
anthropogenic impacts and climate change. Some species such as Polylepis flavipila are …