Does plant diversity increase top-down control of herbivorous insects in tropical forest?

Trait-mediated indirect interactions of ant shape on the attack of caterpillars and fruits

(2016) Wesley Dáttilo et al.   Biology Letters

Is the notion that species interactions are stronger and more specialized in the tropics a zombie idea?

(2016) Angela T. Moles et al.   BIOTROPICA

Phenology of Predation on Insects in a Tropical Forest: Temporal Variation in Attack Rate on Dummy Caterpillars

(2015) Freerk Molleman et al.   BIOTROPICA

Tree Species Richness Strengthens Relationships between Ants and the Functional Composition of Spider Assemblages in a Highly Diverse Forest

(2015) Andreas Schuldt et al.   BIOTROPICA

Material affects attack rates on dummy caterpillars in tropical forest where arthropod predators dominate: an experiment using clay and dough dummies with green colourants on various plant species

(2015) Katerina Sam et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Day vs. night predation on artificial caterpillars in primary rainforest habitats - an experimental approach

(2015) Carlo L. Seifert et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Early positive effects of tree species richness on herbivory in a large-scale forest biodiversity experiment influence tree growth

(2015) Andreas Schuldt et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Do birds see the forest for the trees? Scale-dependent effects of tree diversity on avian predation of artificial larvae

(2015) Evalyne W. Muiruri et al.   OECOLOGIA

Latitudinal variation in herbivory: influences of climatic drivers, herbivore identity and natural enemies

(2015) Xoaquín Moreira et al.   OIKOS

Contrasting effects of tree diversity on young tree growth and resistance to insect herbivores across three biodiversity experiments

(2015) Josephine Haase et al.   OIKOS

Logging cuts the functional importance of invertebrates in tropical rainforest

(2015) Robert M. Ewers et al.   Nature Communications

Habitat fragmentation and its lasting impact on Earth's ecosystems

(2015) N. M. Haddad et al.   Science Advances

Functional structure of ant and termite assemblages in old growth forest, logged forest and oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo

(2014) Sarah H. Luke et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Forest fragment spatial distribution matters for tropical tree conservation

(2014) Jia-Jia Liu et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Herbivore damage increases avian and ant predation of caterpillars on trees along a complete elevational forest gradient in Papua New Guinea

(2014) K. Sam et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Tree diversity promotes predator but not omnivore ants in a subtropical Chinese forest

(2014) MICHAEL STAAB et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant genotype diversity in a tri-trophic system

(2014) Luis Abdala-Roberts et al.   ECOLOGY

Determining predator identity from attack marks left in model caterpillars: guidelines for best practice

(2014) Petah A. Low et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Functional and phylogenetic diversity of woody plants drive herbivory in a highly diverse forest

(2014) Andreas Schuldt et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Woody plant phylogenetic diversity mediates bottom–up control of arthropod biomass in species-rich forests

(2014) Andreas Schuldt et al.   OECOLOGIA

Tree diversity alters the structure of a tri-trophic network in a biodiversity experiment

(2014) Michael Staab et al.   OIKOS

Predation rates on semi-natural grasslands depend on adjacent habitat type

(2013) Gudrun Schneider et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Plant diversity increases herbivore movement and vulnerability to predation

(2013) Cory S. Straub et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Influence of plant genetic diversity on interactions between higher trophic levels

(2013) X. Moreira et al.   Biology Letters

Insectivory in Pinus radiata plantations with different degree of structural complexity

(2013) Tomás J. Poch et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Enemies Maintain Hyperdiverse Tropical Forests

(2012) John Terborgh   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Effect of the canopy complexity of trees on the rate of predation of insects

(2012) J. Šipoš et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Predation on exposed and leaf-rolling artificial caterpillars in tropical forests of Papua New Guinea

(2012) Katerina Tvardikova et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Biogeographical Divergence of the Flora of Yunnan, Southwestern China Initiated by the Uplift of Himalaya and Extrusion of Indochina Block

(2012) Zhu Hua   PLoS One

Herbivore pressure increases toward the equator

(2012) D. Salazar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bottom-up effects of host-plant species diversity and top-down effects of ants interactively increase plant performance

(2012) X. Moreira et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Consequences of Fragmentation of Tropical Moist Forest for Birds and Their Role in Predation of Herbivorous Insects

(2011) Betsabé Ruiz-Guerra et al.   BIOTROPICA

Does plant diversity benefit agroecosystems? A synthetic review

(2010) Deborah K. Letourneau et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Plant diversity and the stability of foodwebs

(2010) Nick M. Haddad et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Assessing the evidence for latitudinal gradients in plant defence and herbivory

(2010) Angela T. Moles et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Plant species loss decreases arthropod diversity and shifts trophic structure

(2009) Nick M. Haddad et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dummy caterpillars as a simple method to assess predation rates on invertebrates in a tropical agroecosystem

(2009) Andrew Howe et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Is there more insect folivory in warmer temperate climates? A latitudinal comparison of insect folivory in eastern North America

(2009) Jonathan M. Adams et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Sapling herbivory, invertebrate herbivores and predators across a natural tree diversity gradient in Germany’s largest connected deciduous forest

(2009) Stephanie Sobek et al.   OECOLOGIA

Ants recognize foes and not friends

(2009) F. J. Guerrieri et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES