Browsing College of Agriculture by Subject "trophic cascades"

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Host plants mediate omnivore-herbivore interactions and influence prey suppression

Eubanks, Micky D.; Denno, Robert F. (2019-12-19)

We conducted laboratory and field experiments to determine the effects of plant quality and prey abundance on the intensity of interactions involving an omnivorous insect, its two herbivorous prey, and their shared host ...

Large effects of consumer offense on ecosystem structure and function

Chislock, Michael F.; Sarnelle, Orlando; Olsen, Brianna K.; Doster, Enrique; Wilson, Alan E.; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1080-0354 (2019-12-19)

Study of the role of within-species adaptation in ecological dynamics has focused largely on prey adaptations that reduce consumption risk (prey defense). Few, if any, studies have examined how consumer adaptations to ...