top-down processes

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Processes where predators affect herbivore survival and performance, influencing multi-trophic levels including herbivore abundance, plant growth, and plant reproduction

top-down processes

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Publications (13)

Decomposing an elevational gradient in predation by insectivorous birds

Advanced phenology of intraguild predators shifts herbivore host plant preference and performance

The Effect of Predation on Ant-aphid Mutualism in <i>Ligusticum porteri</i>

Direct benefits and indirect costs of warm temperatures for high-elevation populations of a solitary bee

Nonlinear effects of consumer density on multiple ecosystem processes

Herbivore growth responses to nutrient mobilization by detritivores

Examining top-down and bottom up effects on aphid abundance on Ligusticum porteri

Causes of predation intensity in an ant/aphid mutualist system

Beyond biomass: measuring the effects of community-level nitrogen enrichment on floral traits, pollinator visitation and plant reproduction

Related Concepts (10)

myrmecophily

trophic cascade

climatological variability

Pollinator-Plant Interactions

Predation

detritivore nutrient recycling

nitrogen deposition

reproduction ratio

ectotherm

climate-mediated indirect effects

Frequently Associated Species

Beetles

Spiders

Andrenidae

Hemiptera

Asteraceae

Ligusticum

Scarlet Gilia

Ligusticum porteri

Bombus californicus

Two-form Bumble Bee

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Insect herbivore stoichiometry: the relative importance of host plants and ant mutualists

Bottom-up mediation of an ant-membracid mutualism: effects from different host plants