Publication
Title
Temporal variability of top-down forces and their role in host choice evolution of phytophagous arthropods
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Abstract
The role of top-down forces in host choice evolution of phytophagous arthropods is the subject of a vividly animated debate. Empirical evidence for the evolutionary role of top-down forces comes from studies showing that phytophagous arthropods prefer hosts that entail enemy-free space. The aim of this paper is to draw the attention of plant-arthropod researchers to the potentially, temporally variable nature of third trophic level effects. We show that this aspect is largely neglected in studies on enemy-free space, despite the fact that relative enemy impact varies seasonally among plants in at least some studies. We conclude that rigorous testing of the enemy-free space hypothesis can only be performed when within and between season variation in higher trophic level effects is taken into account.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Oikos: a journal of ecology. - København
Publication
København : 2002
ISSN
0030-1299
DOI
10.1034/J.1600-0706.2002.970115.X
Volume/pages
97 :1 (2002) , p. 139-144
ISI
000176022200015
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