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A highly resolved food web for insdect seed predators in a species-rich tropical forest
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SYSNO ASEP 0517168 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title A highly resolved food web for insdect seed predators in a species-rich tropical forest Author(s) Gripenberg, S. (GB)
Basset, Yves (BC-A) RID, ORCID
Lewis, O. T. (GB)
Terry, J. C. D. (GB)
Wright, S. J. (PA)
Simón, I. (PA)
Fernández, D. C. (PA)
Cedeno-Sanchez, M. (PA)
Rivera, M. (PA)
Barrios, H. (PA)
Brown, J. W. (US)
Calderón, O. (PA)
Cognato, A. I. (US)
Kim, J. (FI)
Miller, S. E. (US)
Morse, G. E. (US)
Pinzón-Navarro, S. (PA)
Quicke, D. L. J. (TH)
Robbins, R. K. (US)
Salminen, J.-P. (FI)
Vesterinen, E. (FI)Number of authors 21 Source Title Ecology Letters - ISSN 1461-023X
Roč. 22, č. 10 (2019), s. 1638-1649Number of pages 12 s. Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords apparent competition ; Barro Colorado Island ; host specialisation Subject RIV EH - Ecology, Behaviour OECD category Ecology R&D Projects GA16-20825S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) Method of publishing Open access Institutional support BC-A - RVO:60077344 UT WOS 000478534300001 EID SCOPUS 85072234183 DOI 10.1111/ele.13359 Annotation The top‐down and indirect effects of insects on plant communities depend on patterns of host use, which are often poorly documented, particularly in species‐rich tropical forests. At Barro Colorado Island, Panama, we compiled the first food web quantifying trophic interactions between the majority of co‐occurring woody plant species and their internally feeding insect seed predators. Our study is based on more than 200 000 fruits representing 478 plant species, associated with 369 insect species. Insect host‐specificity was remarkably high: only 20% of seed predator species were associated with more than one plant species, while each tree species experienced seed predation from a median of two insect species. Phylogeny, but not plant traits, explained patterns of seed predator attack. These data suggest that seed predators are unlikely to mediate indirect interactions such as apparent competition between plant species, but are consistent with their proposed contribution to maintaining plant diversity via the Janzen–Connell mechanism. Workplace Biology Centre (since 2006) Contact Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214 Year of Publishing 2020 Electronic address https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ele.13359
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