Claim · model-written summary
Significantly greater numbers of plants on edges than in the interior exhibited seed predation by the specialist caterpillar.
- Taxon
- Alepis flavida
Alepis flavidat0 - Interactor
- specialist caterpillare7herbivore
- Outcome
- seed predatione7
- Direction
- greater numberse7
- Comparator
- the interiore7
- Setting
- on edgese7
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Alepis flavida”
e7“Significantly greater numbers of plants on edges than in the interior exhibited seed predation by the same specialist caterpillar that caused floral damage”
Title
Effects of forest edges on herbivory in a New Zealand mistletoe, Alepis flavida
Catherine E. Bach; Dave Kelly http://www.newzealandecology.org/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol28_2_195.pdf 2004
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Association Leaf herbivory by possums was significantly greater on forest edges than in the forest interior in a year of high possum damage.
- Observation Leaf herbivory by possums did not differ between forest edges and interior in a year with low damage levels.
- Association Insect leaf herbivory did not differ between forest edges and the interior.
- Association Floral damage by a specialist caterpillar was significantly higher in the forest interior than on forest edges.
- Observation Equal numbers of plants on edges and in the interior experienced some floral damage.
- Association Plants with floral damage were larger than plants without damage.
- Association Distance to neighbouring mistletoe plants was positively correlated with floral damage, but only for plants in the interior.
- Association Greater fruit abortion rates in the interior is suggested by the seed predation pattern.
- Association Amounts of seed damage were inversely correlated with plant size.