Claim · model-written summary
Managers should balance biodiversity benefits with tree health effects.
- Taxon
- native mistletoee0
- Outcome
- balance the biodiversity benefits of native mistletoe against potential effects on tree healthe0
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Verbatim
e0“land managers should look to balance the biodiversity benefits of native mistletoe against potential effects on tree health”
Title
Kees W. Hood; Frank Fabbro; Daniel S. Karp Urban Ecosystems 2025. doi:10.1007/s11252-025-01714-6
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Mistletoe occurred in 10 of 32 surveyed tree species.
- Association Mistletoe presence did not vary across land uses or tree origins.
- Association Mistletoe infestation was highest on larger and nonnative trees.
- Association Bird richness and abundance were higher in mistletoe-bearing trees.
- Observation Insectivorous gleaning species drove the higher bird counts.
- Association Birds were more likely to forage in mistletoe-bearing trees in natural areas.
- Association Foraging or gleaning birds used mistletoe more often than perching birds.