Winter predation by insectivorous birds and consequences for arthropods and plants in summer

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 999-1007

  Barber, Nicholas A ^a,b   Wouk, Jennifer ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian; Effect size; Herbivory; Intraguild; Tritrophic; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIRD; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIET; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; HOST PLANT; INSECTIVORE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; META-ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHRUBLAND; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC CASCADE; WINTER;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 84869084643     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2367-z     Document Type: Article

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