Bottom‐up vs. top‐down effects on terrestrial insect herbivores: A meta‐analysis

MC Vidal, SM Murphy - Ecology letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Primary consumers are under strong selection from resource ('bottom‐up') and consumer
('top‐down') controls, but the relative importance of these selective forces is unknown. We …

[HTML][HTML] Forests and their canopies: achievements and horizons in canopy science

A Nakamura, RL Kitching, M Cao, TJ Creedy… - Trends in ecology & …, 2017 - cell.com
Forest canopies are dynamic interfaces between organisms and atmosphere, providing
buffered microclimates and complex microhabitats. Canopies form vertically stratified …

Ecosystem structure, function, and composition in rangelands are negatively affected by livestock grazing

DJ Eldridge, AGB Poore… - Ecological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Reports of positive or neutral effects of grazing on plant species richness have prompted
calls for livestock grazing to be used as a tool for managing land for conservation. Grazing …

Bird and bat predation services in tropical forests and agroforestry landscapes

B Maas, DS Karp, S Bumrungsri, K Darras… - Biological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding distribution patterns and multitrophic interactions is critical for managing bat‐
and bird‐mediated ecosystem services such as the suppression of pest and non‐pest …

Global patterns and predictors of bird species responses to forest fragmentation: implications for ecosystem function and conservation

TP Bregman, CH Sekercioglu, JA Tobias - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
The fragmentation of forests is a dominant human impact worldwide with major implications
for the conservation and management of ecosystems. Although many studies have …

Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producers

AGB Poore, AH Campbell, RA Coleman… - Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the importance of consumers in structuring communities, and the widespread
assumption that consumption is strongest at low latitudes, empirical tests for global scale …

Resistance of ecosystem services to global change weakened by increasing number of environmental stressors

G Zhou, N Eisenhauer, C Terrer, DJ Eldridge… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Terrestrial ecosystems are subjected to multiple global changes simultaneously. Yet, how an
increasing number of global changes impact the resistance of ecosystems to global change …

Landscape‐level crop diversity benefits biological pest control

S Redlich, EA Martin… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Landscape‐level crop diversification is a promising tool for ecological intensification,
whereby biodiversity and ecosystem services are enhanced, and pesticide applications …

Natural enemy interactions constrain pest control in complex agricultural landscapes

EA Martin, B Reineking, B Seo… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - pnas.org
Biological control of pests by natural enemies is a major ecosystem service delivered to
agriculture worldwide. Quantifying and predicting its effectiveness at large spatial scales is …

Plant genetic diversity affects multiple trophic levels and trophic interactions

NF Wan, L Fu, M Dainese, YQ Hu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Intraspecific genetic diversity is an important component of biodiversity. A substantial body of
evidence has demonstrated positive effects of plant genetic diversity on plant performance …