Herbivore damage increases avian and ant predation of caterpillars on trees along a complete elevational forest gradient in Papua New Guinea

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Alternative codes found
RIV/60076658:12310/15:43889003
Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecog.00979" target="_blank" >10.1111/ecog.00979</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Herbivore damage increases avian and ant predation of caterpillars on trees along a complete elevational forest gradient in Papua New Guinea
Original language description
Parasitic and predatory arthropods and insectivorous birds are among natural enemies of the herbivorous insect which can prevent plants from being severely damaged by herbivores. Recent studies show that plants suffering from an attack by herbivores canactively reduce the number of herbivorous insects by attracting predators; this phenomenon, known as plants crying for help?, is due to a tritrophic interaction, in which the damaged plants are more attractive for natural enemies of herbivores. Signals given off by plants to alert predators to herbivore attack may provide exciting examples of coevolution among organisms from multiple trophic levels. We examined whether signals from mechanically damaged trees (simulating damage by herbivores) attract predators of insects along a complete elevational rainforest gradient in tropical region, where various predators are expected to occur at particular elevational belts. We studied predation of artificial caterpillars on trees with and withou
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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