Material affects attack rates on dummy caterpillars in tropical forest where arthropod predators dominate: an experiment using clay and dough dummies with green colourants on various plant species

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60076658:12310/15:43890211
Result on the web
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12367/pdf" target="_blank" >http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eea.12367/pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eea.12367" target="_blank" >10.1111/eea.12367</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Material affects attack rates on dummy caterpillars in tropical forest where arthropod predators dominate: an experiment using clay and dough dummies with green colourants on various plant species
Original language description
Predation can be one of the key factors that determine abundance in insect herbivore communities. Predation can drive both evolution of body size, and anti-predator traits. Population dynamics and selection pressures will depend on the identity of dominant predators in the system, and these may vary substantially among habitats. Arthropods emerge as chief predators on caterpillars in the understorey of non-montane tropical forest, whereas birds dominate elsewhere. We evaluated marks on dummy caterpillars that differed in size, material (clay vs. dough), colourant, and plant species on which dummy caterpillars were exposed. We included live caterpillars to estimate the extent to which studies using artificial caterpillars reflect actual levels of predation. Ants and wasps were the most important attackers of dummy caterpillars, whereas bug and beetle damage was very rare, and no bird or small mammal damage was observed. Daily attack rates did not differ significantly from apparent morta
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
<a href="/en/project/GP14-32024P" target="_blank" >GP14-32024P: Top-down control of arthropods and herbivory by birds, ants and bats in tropical forest ecosystems along complete altitudinal gradient</a><br>
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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