"Herbivory" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The act of feeding on plants by animals.
| Descriptor ID |
D060434
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.113.547.600 F01.145.407.758 G07.203.650.353.758
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| Concept/Terms |
Herbivory- Herbivory
- Herbivories
- Herbivore
- Herbivores
Animal Grazing- Animal Grazing
- Animal Grazings
- Grazing, Animal
- Grazings, Animal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Herbivory" by people in Profiles.
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Biotic interactions promote local adaptation to soil in plants. Nat Commun. 2024 Jun 18; 15(1):5186.
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Convergent evolution of fern nectaries facilitated independent recruitment of ant-bodyguards from flowering plants. Nat Commun. 2024 May 24; 15(1):4392.
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Evolutionary and phylogenetic insights from a nuclear genome sequence of the extinct, giant, "subfossil" koala lemur Megaladapis edwardsi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 06 29; 118(26).
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Ecological factors influence balancing selection on leaf chemical profiles of a wildflower. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021 08; 5(8):1135-1144.
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Gut bacteria are essential for normal cuticle development in herbivorous turtle ants. Nat Commun. 2021 01 29; 12(1):676.
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Dietary trends in herbivores from the Shungura Formation, southwestern Ethiopia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2020 09 08; 117(36):21921-21927.
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Species-specific, age-varying plant traits affect herbivore growth and survival. Ecology. 2020 07; 101(7):e03029.
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Ant-plant interactions evolved through increasing interdependence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 11 27; 115(48):12253-12258.
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Dietary specialization in mutualistic acacia-ants affects relative abundance but not identity of host-associated bacteria. Mol Ecol. 2019 02; 28(4):900-916.
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The molecular genetic basis of herbivory between butterflies and their host plants. Nat Ecol Evol. 2018 09; 2(9):1418-1427.