Trickle-down ecology: Vertical stratification of temperate forests drives asymmetric cross-layer effects on consumer communities
Jan Vigués, Manisha Bhardwaj, João M. Cordeiro Pereira, Anna‐Lena Hendel, Daniel Kükenbrink, Lucía Villarroya‐Villalba, Daniel Scherrer, Martin M. Goßner, Kurt Bollmann, Veronika Braunisch
This study shows vertical forest structure shapes consumer communities through asymmetric top-down effects and stratified trophic interactions in temperate forests.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2026 · PreprintEcology