Predation, herbivory, and parasitism are specific types of antagonistic interactions. In predation, one organism kills and consumes another. Predation provides energy to prolong the life and ...

Linhart YB and JD Thompson. 1995. Terpene-based selective herbivory by Helix aspersa (Mollusca) on Thymus vulgaris (Labiatae) Oecologia 102:126-132. Linhart , Y.B. 1991. Disease, parasitism, and ...

The fossil plants of the Late Rhaetian Xujiahe Formation and the earliest Jurassic Zhenzhuchong Formation floral assemblages provide the first data on foliar herbivory generated by terrestrial ...

Of course, herbivory, or plant predation, is not ideal for a plant’s survival. So plants have evolved many different defense ...