Contribution of Predator Identity to the Suppression of Herbivores by a Diverse Predator Assemblage
Elizabeth Y Long; Deborah L. Finke · 2014 · Environmental Entomology
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Studies manipulating predator diversity and measuring the impact on herbivore abundance have found that enhancing predator species richness often increases the strength of prey suppression. This relationship may be due to mechanisms such…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1603/en13179