Figure 4 Yang (2026): (a) shoot biomass ratio (natives/range-expanders [RE]) of plants with and without grasshopper herbivory (Control, grasshopper) directly after summer drought; (b) survival ratio (natives/RE) of plants during rewetting, and (c) shoot biomass ratio (natives/RE) during rewetting under drought (including drought legacy effects from previous years) and under soil conditioning by natives (native legacy) and range-expanders (RE legacy) in soils from the Netherlands (North) or Hungary (South). The horizontal line represents a ratio equal to 1 (i.e., Shoot biomassrange-expanders = Shoot biomassnatives, Survivalrange-expanders = Survivalnative). Means ± 1 SE.

New publication: #Insect #herbivores reduce #plant #biomass loss and enhance plant #recovery in response to extreme #drought, by @ciskaveen.bsky.social and others.
doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Rewilding through inappropriate species introduction: The case of European bison in Spain The increasing pressure to release bisons as a wild species in Spain, as an ecological analogue of the extinct steppe bison Bison priscus, makes it an excellent example to reflect on whether the rewi...

Okay, and just in case anyone gets lost, here's the original work that sparked the debate: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #Bison #Wisent #restorationecology #rewilding #herbivores #largemammals #ecologicaleconectivity

Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius The Common Hippopotamus, or Hippo, is a powerful and enduring symbol of Africa’s rivers and wetlands. Once common throughout all of Africa and the revered subjects of African folklore —their popula…

#Hippos secrete red sweat to stay cool in #WestAfrica 🦛 Although #herbivores, parents fiercely protect infants leading to conflict with people. #PalmOil and #tobacco #deforestation are threats. #BoycottPalmOil 🌴⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/29/h...

Responses of African Savanna Trees to Large Herbivore Extinction and Rewilding Trophic rewilding may be a restoration ‘win-win’ if the return of extirpated wildlife also restores lost ecosystem function, but few studies have addressed whether wildlife reintroduction is capable ....

This is the kind of study we need (ie. long-term)

"Responses of African Savanna Trees to Large Herbivore Extinction and Rewilding"

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #herbivores #ecologicalfunction #vegetation #extinction #rewilding #efficacy

Therizinosaurus

#lego #therizinosaurus #dinosaur #paleontology #herbivores

Iguanodon

#lego #dinosaur #iguanodon #hadrosaur #herbivores

Today is #WorldHippoDay 🦛🩶 DYK #Hippos secrete red sweat to stay cool in #WestAfrica? Altho #herbivores, parents fiercely protect infants leading to human conflict. #PalmOil #deforestation is a threat #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/29/h...

Giraffe in the Maasai Mara, Kenya #kenya #giraffe #herbivores #africa #kenya #tall #safari #predators #maassaimara #protectedareas #nature #wildlife

Three blacktail deer in a rural yard. Lots of evergreen trees in background.

My neighbors' yard. They hang out more in mine. Hard won experience - all garden decisions here have to take deer into account, as much as tolerance to climate & soil conditions. They completely destroy lots of plant / shrub / tree
varieties. #deer #herbivores #gardening 🌱

Come work with us! #PhD position on #ecosystem and #biodiversity effects of large #herbivores on the Eurasian steppes now announced: www.euraxess.de/jobs/395512

Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io

"Plant protein" is #vegan propaganda. Plant protein is useless to humans because we aren't #herbivores, we're #omnivores. Only herbivores can get protein out of plants. We need #veggies for other things, but we need #meat or #cheese or other animal protein to get #protein our bodies can actually use

Figure 3 in Gonçalves Ribeiro et al. (2025): "Effect of ground-dwelling large mammalian herbivores (LMHs), principally moose (Alces alces) on litter (a), soil chemical (b), physical (c) and biological (d) properties in boreal forests. CBM, carbon of microbial biomass; MBR, microbial basal respiration; N min., nitrogen mineralization; OM, organic matter. Orange indicate an increase, blue a decrease, and grey effects indicate no change in the measured variable in the presence of LMHs. Created with CanvaPro."

New publication: Belowground effects of ground-dwelling large #herbivores in #forest ecosystems, by @nachomanvillar.bsky.social and others.
doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Excited to see this contribution to our understanding of the #megafauna-soil nutrient links out in Nature Ecology & Evolution! Big thanks to @andrewabraham.bsky.social for leading this work 🐘🧂#salt #sodium #herbivores

My first time drawing a deer! #herbivores #herbivore #art #artwork #traditionalart #sketch #penart #doodle #deerdrawing #drawing #deerart #Cervidae #mammals #mammalart

Broutage de la chatte

Le broutage est un acte de pâturation, consistant à manger de l'herbe ou des végétaux, généralement pratiqué par les herbivores. #broutage #vegetaux #paturage #herbivores #herbe

Brout de la chatte

Le brout est une action de brouter, c'est-à-dire de manger de l'herbe ou des feuilles par certains animaux herbivores. #Brout #Manger #Herbe #Action #Herbivores

Important study by @jonastrepel.bsky.social on the importance of large #herbivores for plant diversity - creative empirical work from South Africa; big thx Jonas for leading this @econovoau.bsky.social effort 🐘🌸🦓☘️ #savanna #forbs #megafauna

#Herbivores #Mocassins #Pourquoi

Breathtaking gorilla photos reveal the strength and beauty of these enormous mammals — BBC Wildlife Magazine Stunning images of gorillas – from a yawning silverback to an adorable infant riding on its mother's back. November 6, 2025 Gorillas are the world’s largest primates, with a typical male silverback we...

“These intelligent #herbivores live in dense #African #forests, communicating with family members with subtle gestures and deep vocalisations.”

Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius The Common Hippopotamus, or Hippo, is a powerful and enduring symbol of Africa’s rivers and wetlands. Once common throughout all of Africa and the revered subjects of African folklore —their popula…

#Hippos secrete red sweat to stay cool in #WestAfrica 🦛 Although #herbivores, parents fiercely protect infants leading to conflict with people. #PalmOil and #tobacco #deforestation are threats. #BoycottPalmOil 🌴⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/29/h...

Nothing is ever just black and white .

Happy Thursday x

#watercolour #zebra #wildlife #animalportrait #watercolor #africa #herbivores #watercolourpainting #splashes #art #painting #paint #artist #loosepainting

Ses recherches visent à comprendre comment les grands #herbivores 🦌 ont réagi aux oscillations climatiques quaternaires pour mieux anticiper leurs réponses face au réchauffement en cours. @palevoprim.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social @univpoitiers.bsky.social

Conceptual model of an evolutionary shift in phytochemical resource allocation in invasive plants back toward investment in herbivore defense and away from plant– arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) mutualisms after reassociation with specialist herbivores in nonnative ranges.

Reassociation of specialist herbivores with an invasive plant selects for reduced allocation to soil mutualists

Wandong Yin, et al.
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/XDAEMR...

#PlantScience #herbivores #mutualists

Left: A pika (almost certainly the wrong species!), photo credit Pixabay user mikieni777. Right: Proposed mechanism for urea nitrogen salvaging and relative changes during winter protein restriction. Urea endogenously produced by the liver is transported by epithelial urea transporters (UT-B) from blood into the cecal lumen where it is hydrolyzed to yield CO2 and NH3 by microbial urease. CO2 is excreted by the host and/or fixed by microbes. NH3 is absorbed by the host and converted into amino acids (AAs) and/or urea in the liver, or it used by microbes to synthesize AAs (green balls) that are incorporated into the microbial proteome or potentially absorbed by the host through amino-acid transporters (brown squares). Ultimately, the AAs are used to synthesize protein (green circles) in host tissues, thus recycling the urea nitrogen.

Winter-active #herbivores struggle to get #nitrogen in winter, when dietary #protein is scarce. This study shows that winter protein restriction drives gut #microbiome remodeling in the #pika, increasing microbiome N recycling & helping maintain protein balance @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nZ86I6

Left: A pika (almost certainly the wrong species!), photo credit Pixabay user mikieni777. Right: Proposed mechanism for urea nitrogen salvaging and relative changes during winter protein restriction. Urea endogenously produced by the liver is transported by epithelial urea transporters (UT-B) from blood into the cecal lumen where it is hydrolyzed to yield CO2 and NH3 by microbial urease. CO2 is excreted by the host and/or fixed by microbes. NH3 is absorbed by the host and converted into amino acids (AAs) and/or urea in the liver, or it used by microbes to synthesize AAs (green balls) that are incorporated into the microbial proteome or potentially absorbed by the host through amino-acid transporters (brown squares). Ultimately, the AAs are used to synthesize protein (green circles) in host tissues, thus recycling the urea nitrogen.

Winter-active #herbivores struggle to get #nitrogen in winter, when dietary #protein is scarce. This study shows that winter protein restriction drives gut #microbiome remodeling in the #pika, increasing microbiome N recycling & helping maintain protein balance @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nZ86I6

Left: A pika (almost certainly the wrong species!), photo credit Pixabay user mikieni777. Right: Proposed mechanism for urea nitrogen salvaging and relative changes during winter protein restriction. Urea endogenously produced by the liver is transported by epithelial urea transporters (UT-B) from blood into the cecal lumen where it is hydrolyzed to yield CO2 and NH3 by microbial urease. CO2 is excreted by the host and/or fixed by microbes. NH3 is absorbed by the host and converted into amino acids (AAs) and/or urea in the liver, or it used by microbes to synthesize AAs (green balls) that are incorporated into the microbial proteome or potentially absorbed by the host through amino-acid transporters (brown squares). Ultimately, the AAs are used to synthesize protein (green circles) in host tissues, thus recycling the urea nitrogen.

Winter-active #herbivores struggle to get #nitrogen in winter, when dietary #protein is scarce. This study shows that winter protein restriction drives gut #microbiome remodeling in the #pika, increasing microbiome N recycling & helping maintain protein balance @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4nZ86I6

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ecological research.

#PlantCommunication #ChemicalSignals #DefensiveResponses #Herbivores #Ecology

Opportunity Drives #Spillover: Serological #Surveillance across #Carnivores, #Omnivores and #Herbivores in an #HPAIV #H5 Hotspot in North-East #Germany, 2023-2025

Opportunity Drives #Spillover: Serological #Surveillance across #Carnivores, #Omnivores and #Herbivores in an #HPAIV #H5 Hotspot in North-East #Germany, 2023-2025, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/10/oppo...

Scaldweed, Cuscuta gronovii, a native annual non-photosynthetic #parasitic #plant - haustoria instead of roots; shares #herbivores with its host plants (you are what you eat) - but a #flowering plant nonetheless. Most plant communities have several distantly related species of parasitic angiosperms

Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity - Nature Communications Using impact assessment frameworks, this study shows that the introduction of large mammalian herbivores outside their native range has predominantly caused negative impacts on native biodiversity glo...

Harms of introduced large herbivores outweigh benefits to native biodiversity

www.nature.com/articles/s41... #largemammals #herbivores #introduction #impacts #rewilding #alienspecies #review #conservation