Their experiments were designed to determine whether irrigation can be applied more efficiently without having a negative impact on plant quality. (sciencedaily.com)
A new study shows that climate change that significantly decreases plant quality grants a competitive advantage to larger invertebrate herbivores, such as grasshoppers, who can convert the foliage to energy more efficiently than smaller herbivores. (nimbios.org)
The model shows that climate change that significantly decreases plant quality grants a competitive advantage to larger invertebrate herbivores, such as grasshoppers, ants and other insects, which are able to convert the foliage to energy more efficiently than smaller herbivores. (sciencedaily.com)