A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Can we predict indirect interactions from quantitative food webs? - an experimental approach
Authors: Tack AJM, Gripenberg S, Roslin T
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Publication year: 2011
Journal: Journal of Animal Ecology
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
Journal acronym: J ANIM ECOL
Volume: 80
Issue: 1
First page : 108
Last page: 118
Number of pages: 11
ISSN: 0021-8790
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01744.x
Abstract
6. Overall, this study is the first to experimentally demonstrate that herbivores with overlapping parasitoid communities may exhibit independent population dynamics - or even apparent mutualism. Hence, it proves the potential for versatile indirect interactions in nature, and suggests that the link between patterns in food web structure and realized population dynamics should be verified by rigorous experiments.
6. Overall, this study is the first to experimentally demonstrate that herbivores with overlapping parasitoid communities may exhibit independent population dynamics - or even apparent mutualism. Hence, it proves the potential for versatile indirect interactions in nature, and suggests that the link between patterns in food web structure and realized population dynamics should be verified by rigorous experiments.
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