Top‐down and bottom‐up forces in tropical savannas have shaped the evolution of traits
that enable plants to thrive in environments where soils are poor, dry seasons are long, fire …

Frugivore foraging behavior is largely influenced by two key groups of chemical traits:
nutrients and secondary metabolites. Many secondary metabolites function in plant defense …

Plant secondary metabolites are key mechanistic drivers of species interactions. These
metabolites have primarily been studied for their role in defense, but they can also have …

The Neotropical region is home to the world's most diverse flora, and Piper is the region's
most diverse genus with 1,908 accepted species. A knowledge synthesis of Piper diversity …

The ecological interaction between fleshy fruits and frugivores is influenced by diverse
mixtures of secondary metabolites that naturally occur in the fruit pulp. Although some fruit …

A novel meroterpenoid cabagranin D was isolated with related neolignans cabagranins A–C
from the leaves of Piper cabagranum (Costa Rica). Cabagranins A–C represent the first …

Premise The specialized metabolites of plants are recognized as key chemical traits in
mediating the ecology and evolution of sundry plant–biotic interactions, from pollination to …

Phytochemical diversity is an effective plant defensive attribute, but much more research has
focused on genetic and environmental controls of specific defensive compounds than …

The discovery of bioactive natural products is hindered by bottlenecks encountered during
the isolation, characterization, and confirmation of the active compounds. We have applied a …

The discovery of bioactive natural products is hindered by bottlenecks encountered during
the isolation, characterization, and confirmation of the active compounds. We have applied a …