A conditional trophic cascade: Birds benefit faster growing trees with strong links between predators and plants

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-84

  Bridgeland, William T ^a   Beier, Paul ^a   Kolb, Thomas ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird predation; Bottom up; Community efjects; Foundation species; Herbivory; Limiting factor; Populus; Predator removal; Strong interactors; Top down; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BIRD; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; INSECTIVORE; LIMITING FACTOR; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATOR; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MELANOPLUS; ORTHOPTERA; POPULUS;

EID: 77649194960     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1821.1     Document Type: Article

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