A cross-ecosystem comparison of the strength of trophic cascades

Although trophic cascades (indirect effects of predators on plants via herbivores) occur in a wide variety of food webs, the magnitudes of their effects are often quite variable. We compared the responses of herbivore and plant communities to predator manipulations in 102 field experiments in six di...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Ecology letters 2002-11, Vol.5 (6), p.785-791
Hauptverfasser:	Shurin, Jonathan B., Borer, Elizabeth T., Seabloom, Eric W., Anderson, Kurt, Blanchette, Carol A., Broitman, Bernardo, Cooper, Scott D., Halpern, Benjamin S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cross-system comparison indirect effects meta-analysis predation top-down control trophic structure
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