Deer Exclusion Changes Vegetation Structure and Hunting Guilds of Spiders, but Not Multitrophic Understory Biodiversity

Deer Exclusion Changes Vegetation Structure and Hunting Guilds of Spiders, but Not Multitrophic Understory Biodiversity

Ungulate herbivores modify plant community compositions, which can modulate biodiversity at higher trophic levels. However, these cascading effects on herbivorous and predatory arthropods in forest ecosystems remain poorly understood. We compared plant and arthropod communities between fenced exclos...

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Main Authors: Roman Bucher, Jonas Rochlitz, Nathalie Wegner, Anna Heiß, Alexander Grebe, Dana G. Schabo, Nina Farwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
arthropod diversity
functional groups
trophic cascades
ungulate herbivores
browsing
deer exclusion experiments
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/1/25

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