Knowledge graph centered on ImageJ area measurement with 70 nodes and 165 connections. Top connected: Ligusticum porteri, Spruce, Lepidoptera, aquatic insects, Arabidopsis.
Plant biomass consumption by herbivores is quantified using before-and-after digital photographs with standardized reference objects. Image analysis software calculates the difference in plant material between photos to determine consumption rates.
Synthesized from method descriptions across 4 papers using this protocol.
Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant (2019), Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.