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folivore
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folivore
eats foliage; includes arboreal folivores—animals whose diet consists largely of tree foliage.


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The multivariate approach proved effective in sorting clones into susceptibility classes and sorting folivores along a continuum of insect specialization.
From this perspective, plants are vulnerable to folivores but are seldom severely defoliated because of predation pressure on herbivores.
Foley bases his comments on work carried out by his team into the feeding preferences of a number of folivores including koalas, greater gliders, and the common ring-tail and brushtail possums.
 
 
 
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