Some species interactions involving herbivory can be more mutualistic than exploitative_ Which of the following herbivory examples could be considered advantageous for the plant species being eaten? Moose eat broad-leaved deciduous trees, such as aspen and birch, creating space in the forest where spruce trees nourished by increased sunlight; grow taller: 1 Toucans swallow nutmeg fruits whole. They consume the outer pulp and later regurgitate the hard inner seed, which can then germinate far from its parent tree: A grass species that grows in a community with many herbivorous insects adds more silica to its leaves, so that the insects have a harder time eating the grass_ A bacterial species grows in the tissues of cottonwood trees, feeding on the tree's metabolic byproducts (such as methanol), without affecting tree health:
