EcologybioRxivPreprint
Trickle-down ecology: Vertical stratification of temperate forests drives asymmetric cross-layer effects on consumer communities
Jan Vigués, Manisha Bhardwaj, João M. Cordeiro Pereira…·Veronika Braunisch
This study shows vertical forest structure shapes consumer communities through asymmetric top-down effects and stratified trophic interactions in temperate forests.
DOI 10.64898/2026.08.04.742465