Intraspecific difference among herbivore lineages and their host-plant specialization drive the strength of trophic cascades
A. Sentis, R. Bertram, N. Dardenne, J.-C. Simon, A. Magro, B. Pujol, E. Danchin, J.-L. Hemptinne
The paper investigates how intraspecific variation among herbivore lineages and host-plant specialization affect trophic cascade strength in a tritrophic system, finding no density-dependent effects.
bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2020Ecology