Although complex interactions between hosts and microbial associates are increasingly well
documented, we still know little about how and why hosts shape microbial communities in …

The “mustard oil bomb” is a major defense mechanism in the Brassicaceae, which includes
crops such as canola and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. These plants produce and …

The metabolic benefits induced by gastric bypass, currently the most effective treatment for
morbid obesity, are associated with bile acid (BA) delivery to the distal intestine. However, …

Cucumber seeds were germinated under various combinations of solution volume and seed
number with a range of ferulic acid concentrations. At each concentration, radicle growth …

Larvae of the folivorous tortoise beetle, Plagiometriona clavata, carry shields formed from
feces and exuviae above their bodies. We used an ecologically relevant predatory ant, …

A paradoxical finding from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in plants is that variation
in metabolite profiles typically maps to a small number of loci, despite the complexity of …

Both adults and larvae of the sumac flea beetle, Blepharida rhois (Forster), are dietary
specialists that feed on smooth sumac, Rhus glabra, on Long Island, NY. Instead of discarding …

Larvae of the leaf-feeding beetles Neolema sexpunctata and Lema trilinea carry feces on
their backs that form shields. We used the generalist predatory ant, Formica subsericea, in a …

Resource patchiness influences consumer foraging, movement, and physiology. Fluxes
across ecosystem boundaries can extend these effects to otherwise distinct food webs. …

The effects of feeding by the planthopper Prokelisia dolus on its hostSpartina alterniflorawere
examined under conditions of both high and low plant-nitrogen subsidy. Phloem feeding …