Science news articles about 'insect diversity'

... turn current thought on plant-feeding insect diversity on its head. The study used an examination of fruit ... that feed on plants, this study demonstrated that herbivorous insect diversity exceeds those expectations, because these flies ...

... both factors don't explain why tropical insect diversity exceeds temperate ... don't solve the great puzzle of why tropical insect diversity exceeds temperate insect diversity by several orders of magnitude," says Mueller, "but they are significant, and they point to some key processes that other researchers ...

... perennials such as switchgrass and big bluestem. The natural diversity of prairie plants offers many benefits, including ... storage in the soil, erosion control and the maintenance of insect diversity, which does double duty by providing ...

... of this find is how it relates to the great diversity of other fossil plant as well as insect species known from the Patagonian ... work," Wilf said. "This in turn helps to explain the remarkable plant and insect diversity found in Eocene Patagonia ...

... have found a faster way to study the spread and diet of insect pests. Using a technique called DNA barcoding ... , a country slightly larger in size than California with an insect diversity more than three times that of the United States ...

... , not higher temperatures or more sunlight, according to a novel survey of insect diversity at different latitudes and at different points ... . The scientists' discovery that the ancient Canadian site's insect diversity mirrors that of the modern Costa Rican ...

... interactions—from the effects of nanomaterials on plant growth to the diversity of insect species on green roofs, and even ... by Christina Soman, Montclair State University. Insect diversity of green roofs Green roofs ...

... to protect themselves from herbivory. The abundance and diversity of both insects and plants have varied depending on changes ... and abrupt—led to an increase in insect populations. Surprisingly, the increase in insect diversity and abundance was not necessarily ...