BIRD PREDATION ON FOREST INSECTS - EXCLOSURE EXPERIMENT

被引：200

作者：

HOLMES, RT

SCHULTZ, JC

NOTHNAGLE, P

机构：

[1] Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover

来源：

SCIENCE | 1979年 / 206卷 / 4417期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.206.4417.462

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Exclusion experiments show that birds significantly reduce densities of larval Lepidoptera on forest understory vegetation. When insect densities are already low, bird predation may act both as a population regulator and as a strong agent of natural selection. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.

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页码：462 / 463

页数：2

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