Meanings
- uncountablebiologyThe consumption of living plant tissue by animals.
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Herbivory is a paradoxical interspecific interaction. On the one hand, upward of a quarter of all species are herbivorous insects (Strong et al., 1984) and some additional fraction of the noninsect species is also herbivorous, so plant-herbivore interactions are common. On the other hand, the simple observation is that, to a first approximation, the earth is green (Hairston et al., 1960), despite the combined effect of those herbivores.
1998, Sam Scheiner, Design and Analysis of Ecological Experiments, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 183Synonyms: herbivorousness, phytophagy
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe consumption of living plant tissue by animals.
Origin
Translations
Czech býložravost
- býložravostthe consumption of living plant tissue by animals
Finnish kasvinsyönti
- kasvinsyöntithe consumption of living plant tissue by animals
Italian fitofagia
- fitofagiathe consumption of living plant tissue by animals
Polish roślinożerność
- roślinożernośćthe consumption of living plant tissue by animals
Portuguese herbivoria
- herbivoriathe consumption of living plant tissue by animals
Rhymes & wordplay
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