The ecology of herbivore-induced silicon defences in grasses

Functions of phytoliths in vascular plants: an evolutionary perspective

(2016) Caroline A. E. Strömberg et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Silicon-based plant defences, tooth wear and voles

(2016) Ivan Calandra et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Molecular evolution of aquaporins and silicon influx in plants

(2015) Rupesh Deshmukh et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Round and round in cycles? Silicon-based plant defences and vole population dynamics

(2015) Susan E. Hartley   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Silica phytoliths in angiosperms: phylogeny and early evolutionary history

(2015) Ofir Katz   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Orchestration of three transporters and distinct vascular structures in node for intervascular transfer of silicon in rice

(2015) Naoki Yamaji et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A cooperative system of silicon transport in plants

(2015) Jian Feng Ma et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Defending the leaf surface: intra- and inter-specific differences in silicon deposition in grasses in response to damage and silicon supply

(2015) Sue E. Hartley et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

The Role of Dust, Grit and Phytoliths in Tooth Wear

(2014) Peter W. Lucas et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI

Ungulate saliva inhibits a grass-endophyte mutualism

(2014) A. J. Tanentzap et al.   Biology Letters

Do we ditch digestive physiology in explaining the classic relationship between herbivore body size diet and diet quality?

(2014) Clare McArthur   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant-herbivore interactions: silicon concentration in tussock sedges and population dynamics of root voles

(2014) Monika Wieczorek et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Does body mass convey a digestive advantage for large herbivores?

(2014) Patrick Steuer et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Effect of the abrasive properties of sedges on the intestinal absorptive surface and resting metabolic rate of root voles

(2014) M. Wieczorek et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Bamboo feeding and tooth wear of three sika deer (Cervus nippon) populations from northern Japan

(2014) Florent Rivals et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Silicon reduces slug feeding on wheat seedlings

(2014) Mark Griffin et al.   JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE

Leaf silica concentration in Serengeti grasses increases with watering but not clipping: insights from a common garden study and literature review

(2014) Kathleen M. Quigley et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Silicon, endophytes and secondary metabolites as grass defenses against mammalian herbivores

(2014) Otso Huitu et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Silicon reduces impact of plant nitrogen in promoting stalk borer (Eldana saccharina) but not sugarcane thrips (Fulmekiola serrata) infestations in sugarcane

(2014) Malcolm Keeping   Frontiers in Plant Science

Plant Interactions with Multiple Insect Herbivores: From Community to Genes

(2013) Jeltje M. Stam et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Translating nutritional ecology from the laboratory to the field: milestones in linking plant chemistry to population regulation in mammalian browsers

(2013) Jane L. DeGabriel et al.   OIKOS

Priming of jasmonate-mediated antiherbivore defense responses in rice by silicon

(2013) M. Ye et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Prairie grass phytolith hardness and the evolution of ungulate hypsodonty

(2013) Kayley L. Erickson   HISTORICAL BIOLOGY

Transpiration-dependent passive silica accumulation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) under varying soil silicon availability

(2012) Shaji Faisal et al.   Botany

Rapid and accurate analyses of silicon and phosphorus in plants using a portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer

(2012) Stefan Reidinger et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Delayed induced silica defences in grasses and their potential for destabilising herbivore population dynamics

(2012) Jennifer J. H. Reynolds et al.   OECOLOGIA

More than herbivory: levels of silica-based defences in grasses vary with plant species, genotype and location

(2012) Eeva M. Soininen et al.   OIKOS

Soil silicon amendments increase resistance of sugarcane to stalk borer Eldana saccharina Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) under field conditions

(2012) Malcolm G. Keeping et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Perception of insect feeding by plants

(2012) G. Bonaventure   PLANT BIOLOGY

Salivary Glucose Oxidase from Caterpillars Mediates the Induction of Rapid and Delayed-Induced Defenses in the Tomato Plant

(2012) Donglan Tian et al.   PLoS One

Interactive effects of plant-available soil silicon and herbivory on competition between two grass species

(2011) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

On the relationship between hypsodonty and feeding ecology in ungulate mammals, and its utility in palaeoecology

(2011) John Damuth et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Abrasive, Silica Phytoliths and the Evolution of Thick Molar Enamel in Primates, with Implications for the Diet of Paranthropus boisei

(2011) Diana Rabenold et al.   PLoS One

Raman, infrared and XPS study of bamboo phytoliths after chemical digestion

(2011) Kym M. Watling et al.   SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Herbivore-associated elicitors: FAC signaling and metabolism

(2011) Gustavo Bonaventure et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Modern Views on Desilicification: Biosilica and Abiotic Silica Dissolution in Natural and Artificial Environments

(2010) Hermann Ehrlich et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Delayed density-dependent onset of spring reproduction in a fluctuating population of field voles

(2010) Torbjørn Ergon et al.   OIKOS

Another one bites the dust: faecal silica levels in large herbivores correlate with high-crowned teeth

(2010) J. Hummel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Is plant ecology more siliceous than we realise?

(2010) Julia Cooke et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Influence of plant silicon and sugarcane cultivar on mandibular wear in the stalk borerEldana saccharina

(2009) Olivia L. Kvedaras et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

Silicon-augmented resistance of plants to herbivorous insects: a review

(2009) O.L. Reynolds et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Silicon in agriculture: new insights, new significance and growing application

(2009) M.G. Keeping et al.   ANNALS OF APPLIED BIOLOGY

Impacts of silica-based defences in grasses on the feeding preferences of sheep

(2009) Fergus P. Massey et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Summer dietary nitrogen availability as a potential bottom-up constraint on moose in south-central Alaska

(2009) Scott H. McArt et al.   ECOLOGY

The effects of plant defensive chemistry on nutrient availability predict reproductive success in a mammal

(2009) Jane L. DeGabriel et al.   ECOLOGY

A Novel Mechanism by which Silica Defends Grasses Against Herbivory

(2008) J. W. Hunt et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Are silica defences in grasses driving vole population cycles?

(2008) F.P Massey et al.   Biology Letters

Physical defences wear you down: progressive and irreversible impacts of silica on insect herbivores

(2008) Fergus P. Massey et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Long-distance signalling in plant defence

(2008) Martin Heil et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE