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- Title
Strengthened insectivory in a temperate fragmented forest.
- Authors
González-Gómez, Paulina L.; Estades, Cristián F.; Simonetti, Javier A.
- Abstract
Habitat fragmentation modifies ecological patterns and processes through changes in species richness and abundance. In the coastal Maulino forest, central Chile, both species richness and abundance of insectivorous birds increases in forest fragments compared to continuous forest. Through a field experiment, we examined larvae predation in fragmented forests. Higher richness and abundance of birds foraging at forest fragments translated into more insect larvae preyed upon in forest fragments than in continuous forest. The assessed level of insectivory in forest fragments agrees with lower herbivory levels in forest fragments. This pattern strongly suggests the strengthening of food interactions web in forest fragments of coastal Maulino forest.
- Subjects
CHILE; FRAGMENTED landscapes; COASTAL forests; COASTAL forest ecology; FORESTS &; forestry; ENTOMOPHAGOUS insects; FOOD chains
- Publication
Oecologia, 2006, Vol 148, Issue 1, p137
- ISSN
0029-8549
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00442-005-0338-3