Avoiding desiccation is paramount for all terrestrial insects, especially in climatically challenging mountainous environments characterised by rapid …

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Plants have to allocate resources into their growth and reproduction but also in phytochemicals used in interactions with their environment. Some species display an extraordinarily high diversity of s...

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Pseudomonas syringae can detect and kill microbial predators via a chemical radar (Cra), which also allows the bacterium to infect plants despite predation pressure.