Climate warming strengthens indirect interactions in an old-field food web

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2346-2351

  Barton, Brandon T ^a   Beckerman, Andrew P ^b   Schmitz, Oswald J ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Grasshopper; Indirect effects; Insect herbivory; Interaction strength; Melanoplus femurrubrum; Old field food web; Pisaurina mira; Spider

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; GROWING SEASON; HERB; HERBIVORY; MESOCOSM; OLD FIELD; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPIDER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPHIC INTERACTION; WARMING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPER; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SPIDER; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CONNECTICUT; FOOD CHAIN; GRASSHOPPERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOT TEMPERATURE; PLANTS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; MELANOPLUS FEMURRUBRUM; PISAURINA MIRA; POACEAE;

EID: 69449097920     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2254.1     Document Type: Article

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