Drivers of leafcutter ant populations and their inter‐trophic relationships in Amazonian forest islands

Ecosphere

Inara R. Leal¹  Maíra Benchimol²  Ana Filipa Palmeirim³  Carlos A. Peres⁴ 

[1] Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, s/ no, Recife, PE, CEP 50670‐901, Brazil;Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada à Conservação, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Rodovia Jorge Amado km 16, Ilhéus, BA, CEP 45662‐900, Brazil;School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK;School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK;Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil;

关键词: bottom‐up forces;    evergreen forest;    habitat loss and fragmentation;    herbivorous insects;    island systems;    top‐down forces;    trophic cascades;    tropical forest;   

DOI  :  10.1002/ecs2.3518

来源: Wiley

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