Variable strength of top-down effects in Nothofagus forests: Bird predation and insect herbivory during an ENSO event

Austral Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-367

  Mazia, C Noemi ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^b   Garibaldi, Lucas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Folivory; Indirect interactions; Temperate forest; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRY FOREST; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HERBIVORY; INSECT; INSECTIVORE; PREDATION; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; HEXAPODA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 66249105027     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.01933.x     Document Type: Article

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