Plants contain a variety of chemical defenses that strongly affect feeding rates in captive
mammals, but their effects on the fitness of wild herbivores are largely unknown. This is because …

We introduce the AusTraits database - a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the
Australian flora (hereafter AusTraits). AusTraits synthesises data on 448 traits across 28,640 …

Most plant species have a range of traits that deter herbivores. However, understanding of
how different defences are related to one another is surprisingly weak. Many authors argue …

Silicon as a defence against herbivory in grasses has gained increasing recognition and
has now been studied in a wide range of species, at scales from individual plants in pots to …

Many regard the concentrations of nitrogen (N), tannins and plant cell wall constituents (fibre)
as key indicators of food quality and habitat suitability for browsing herbivores; yet there is …

Silicon (Si) is now widely recognized to benefit plants through protection against a range of
biotic and abiotic stresses, including herbivory, pathogen attack and climatic fluctuations. But …

A central goal of nutritional ecology is to understand how variation in food quality limits the
persistence of wild animal populations. Habitat suitability for browsing mammals is strongly …

Tree cavities are an important shelter site for a variety of vertebrate species, including birds,
reptiles and mammals. Studies indicate that in most taxa favoured tree hollows are those in …

Grazing has been implicated in the decline of heather‐dominated moorlands in Britain, but
there has been little consideration of the effects of different species of herbivores on plant …

Ecologists have become increasingly aware that silicon uptake by plants, especially the
Poaceae, can have beneficial effects on both plant growth and herbivore defence. The effects of …