Contrasting cascades: Insectivorous birds increase pine but not parasitic mistletoe growth

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 350-357

  Mooney, Kailen A ^a,b   Linhart, Yan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird exclusion; Community ecology; Effect size; Food web structure; Indirect effect; Intraguild predation; Predator exclusion; Top down; Tri trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; HERBIVORE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; VISCUM ALBUM;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BIOMASS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; MALE; MISTLETOE; PINUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

APHIDIDAE; ARCEUTHOBIUM PUSILLUM; ARCEUTHOBIUM VAGINATUM; ARTHROPODA; AVES; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; PINUS PONDEROSA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 33645396720     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01054.x     Document Type: Article

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