Deer herbivory reduces web-building spider abundance by simplifying forest vegetation structure

Deer herbivory reduces web-building spider abundance by simplifying forest vegetation structure

Indirect ecological effects are a common feature of ecological systems, arising when one species affects interactions among two or more other species. We examined how browsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) indirectly affected the abundance and composition of a web-building spider gui...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth J. Roberson, Michael J. Chips, Walter P. Carson, Thomas P. Rooney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-09-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
White-tailed deer
Exclosure
Disturbance
Trophic ricochet
Non-metric multidimensional scaling
Effect size
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2538.pdf

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