Forest loss increases insect herbivory levels in human-altered landscapes

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• 作者：Pavel Dodonov^a ; ^{pdodonov@gmail.com} ; José ; Carlos Morante-Filho^a ; Eduardo Mariano-Neto^b ; Eliana Cazetta^a ; Edyla Ribeiro de Andrade^a ; Larissa Rocha-Santos^a ; Igor Inforzato^a ; Francisco Sanches Gomes^b ; Deborah Faria^a
• 关键词：Bottom-up control ; Deforestation ; Ecological function ; Leaf damage ; Top-down control ; Tropical ecosystems
• 刊名：Acta Oecologica
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：77
• 期：Complete
• 页码：136-143
• 全文大小：729 K
• 卷排序：77

文摘

Herbivory may be affected by habitat loss, possibly due to changes in top-down and/or bottom-up efects. Herbivory rates on a representative understory family increased with habitat loss in a Brazilian Atlantic Forest landscape. Neither top-down nor bottom-up effects explained the patterns in herbivory. We showed a clear relation between forest cover and herbivory rates,but the specific mechanisms remain unclear.