Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17310%2F17%3AA1801OE0" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17310/17:A1801OE0 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60077344:_____/17:00474680 RIV/60076658:12310/17:43895488
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaj1631" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaj1631</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaj1631" target="_blank" >10.1126/science.aaj1631</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations
Original language description
Biotic interactions underlie ecosystem structure and function, but predicting interaction outcomes is difficult. We tested the hypothesis that biotic interaction strength increases toward the equator, using a global experiment with model caterpillars to measure predation risk. Across an 11,660-kilometer latitudinal gradient spanning six continents, we found increasing predation toward the equator, with a parallel pattern of increasing predation toward lower elevations. Patterns across both latitude and elevation were driven by arthropod predators, with no systematic trend in attack rates by birds or mammals. These matching gradients at global and regional scales suggest consistent drivers of biotic interaction strength, a finding that needs to be integrated into general theories of herbivory, community organization, and life-history evolution.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Science
ISSN
0036-8075
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
356
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6361
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
742-744
UT code for WoS article
000401508400045
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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