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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically or physiologically evolved to feed on plants, especially upon vascular tissues such as foliage, fruits or seeds, as the main component of its diet. These more broadly also encompass animals that eat non-vascular autotrophs such as mosses, algae and lichens, but do not include those feeding on decomposed plant matters…

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Evolution of herbivory

Animal faecesMesozoicRhynie chertMississippianPermian
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Plant-herbivore interactions

EcosystemCommunityDiversityDistributionCompetitiveness
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AnimalEvolvedPlantsVascular tissuesFoliage
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ConsumptionOrganismEatsPlant pathogensMicrobes
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Etymology

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Food chain

Feeding strategies

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Herbivore

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related to Further reading · 23
Herbivore → Bergström, Blackwell Science, Blackwell Scientific, Bob Strauss, Brown, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Drent, Duncan, Editors, Herbivores, Herbivorous Dinosaurs Archived, Herbivory, ISBN, Large, Ma, Malden, November, Oxford, Pastor
related to Predator–prey theory · 11
Herbivore → According, Alternating, Eating, For, Keystone, Plant Defenses, Prey, Several, The, This, When
related to Feeding strategies · 10
Herbivore → An, For, Holling's, In, Kleiber's, M3/4, Selective, Several, The, Two
related to Plant-herbivore interactions · 9
Herbivore → Coevolution, For, However, Interactions, Plant, Plant-herbivore, The, These, This
related to Trophic cascades and environmental degradation · 8
Herbivore → Another, Environmental, Herbivorous, Odocoileus, Often, US, When, With
has impact · 7
Herbivore → Africa, Agricultural, Ecotourism, For, Herbivores, Insect, US
related to Etymology · 6
Herbivore → Charles Lyell's, Geology, Herbivora, Latin, Principles, Richard Owen
related to Evolution of herbivory · 6
Herbivore → Although, Devonian, Insects, Mesozoic, Rhynie, The
related to Herbivore offense · 6
Herbivore → Feeding, Herbivores, It, The, These, This
related to Mutualism · 6
Herbivore → Another, Plants, Seed, Swans, This, While

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plant plants herbivores herbivory food also feeding defenses interactions animals animal communities species eat herbivorous prey evolved forage diversity example

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Herbivoreis aanimal anatomically or physiologically evolved to feed on plants0.90text
foliageinstance ofespecially upon vascular tissues0.80text
fruits or seedsinstance ofespecially upon vascular tissues0.80text
as the main component of its dietinstance ofespecially upon vascular tissues0.80text
mossesinstance ofThese more broadly also encompass animals that eat non-vascular autotrophs0.80text
algaeinstance ofThese more broadly also encompass animals that eat non-vascular autotrophs0.80text
lichensinstance ofThese more broadly also encompass animals that eat non-vascular autotrophs0.80text
but do not include those feeding on decomposed plant mattersinstance ofThese more broadly also encompass animals that eat non-vascular autotrophs0.80text
horsesinstance ofGrazing herbivores0.80text
cattles have wide flat-crowned teeth that are better adapted for grinding grassinstance ofGrazing herbivores0.80text
tree barkinstance ofGrazing herbivores0.80text
other tougher lignin-containing materialsinstance ofGrazing herbivores0.80text

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