Data for: Early land plants: Plentiful but neglected resources for herbivores?

Plants and herbivores have been engaged in a co-evolutionary arms race for millions of years, during which plants evolved various defenses and other traits to cope with herbivores, whereas herbivores evolved traits to overcome the plants’ resistance strategies. Herbivores may also avoid certain plants merely because these lack suitable nutrients for their development. Interestingly, the number of herbivores that attack individual early land plants like mosses and ferns is quite low. Among others, poor nutrient quality has been hypothesized to explain the apparent low herbivory pressure on such plants, but still awaits scientific evidence. Here, the nutritive suitability of representative mosses and liverworts (bryophytes) and ferns (pteridophytes) for herbivores was investigated using feeding assays combined with quantifications of nutrients (proteins, amino acids and sugars). Growth and survival of two polyphagous herbivores, a caterpillar and a snail, were monitored when fed on fiftee..., , , , ---

title: \"README\"
author: Gregory ROEDER
date: 28.08.2025
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# GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Project title: Data for Early land plants Plentiful but neglected resources for herbivores
2. Authors:
Author 1
Name: Audrey DUHIN
Role: PhD student
Institution: University of Neuchâtel
Address: Institut de biologie, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel
Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

Author 2
Name: Ricardo AR Machado
Role: Researcher
Institution: University of Neuchâtel
Address: Institut de biologie, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel
Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

Author 3
Name: Ted TURLINGS
Role: Professor Emeritus
Institution: University of Neuchâtel
Address: Institut de biologie, Rue Emile-Argand 11, 2000 Neuchâtel
Email: [[e-mail]](mailto:[e-mail])

Author 4
Name: Gregory ROEDER
Role: Researcher
Institution: University of Neu...

数百万年来，植物与植食性动物始终处于一场协同进化军备竞赛（co-evolutionary arms race）中：植物演化出各类防御机制与相关性状以对抗植食者，而植食性动物则演化出相应性状以破解植物的抗性策略。此外，植食性动物也可能仅仅因为某些植物缺乏自身发育所需的适宜营养而避开取食这些植物。值得注意的是，取食苔藓、蕨类等早期陆生植物的植食性动物数量极少。此前有假说认为，营养品质低下是这类植物面临较低植食压力（herbivory pressure）的原因之一，但该假说仍有待科学证据验证。本研究通过取食实验（feeding assays）结合营养物质（蛋白质、氨基酸与糖类）定量分析，探究了代表性苔类植物与地钱类植物（苔藓植物门，Bryophytes）以及蕨类植物（蕨类植物门，Pteridophytes）对植食性动物的营养适宜性。研究监测了两种多食性（polyphagous）植食动物——毛虫（caterpillar）与蜗牛（snail）——取食十五（原文截断为fiftee...）种植物时的生长与存活情况……

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标题："README"
作者：Gregory ROEDER
日期：2025年8月28日
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# 通用信息
1. 项目标题：早期陆生植物：植食性动物不可忽视的丰富资源（原英文标题：Data for Early land plants Plentiful but neglected resources for herbivores）
2. 作者：
作者1
姓名：Audrey DUHIN
身份：博士生
所属机构：纳沙泰尔大学（University of Neuchâtel）
通讯地址：生物研究所，埃米尔-阿尔冈路11号，2000 纳沙泰尔
邮箱：[e-mail]

作者2
姓名：Ricardo AR Machado
身份：研究员
所属机构：纳沙泰尔大学
通讯地址：生物研究所，埃米尔-阿尔冈路11号，2000 纳沙泰尔
邮箱：[e-mail]

作者3
姓名：Ted TURLINGS
身份：荣誉退休教授
所属机构：纳沙泰尔大学
通讯地址：生物研究所，埃米尔-阿尔冈路11号，2000 纳沙泰尔
邮箱：[e-mail]

作者4
姓名：Gregory ROEDER
身份：研究员
所属机构：纳沙泰尔大学（原文截断为University of Neu...）