Recently, current and former members of the Lindroth Research Group published a manuscript on herbivory and global change in Nature Plants. Couture et al. investigated the effects of atmospheric change on insect herbivory in northern temperate forests. A key finding was that elevated levels of carbon dioxide stimulated insect herbivory, and thus limited the ability of forest trees to act as a carbon sink. Check out the news feature from UW-Madison!

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