Claim · model-written summary
Leaf herbivory by possums was significantly greater on forest edges than in the forest interior in a year of high possum damage.
- Taxon
- Alepis flavida
Alepis flavidat0 - Interactor
- possumse1herbivore
- Outcome
- Leaf herbivory by possumse1
- Direction
- greatere1
- Qualifier
- in a year of high possum damagee1
- Comparator
- forest interiore1
- Setting
- forest edgese1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Alepis flavida”
e1“Leaf herbivory by possums was significantly greater on forest edges than in forest interior in a year of high possum damage, but not in a year with low damage levels”
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)
- 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 Significantly greater numbers of plants on edges than in the interior exhibited seed predation by the specialist caterpillar.
- 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.