Indirect effects of pandemic deer overabundance inferred from caterpillar-host relations

© 2013 Society for Conservation Biology.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology. - 1999. - 27(2013), 5 vom: 12. Okt., Seite 1107-16
1. Verfasser: Wheatall, Laura (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Nuttle, Tim, Yerger, Ellen
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Allegheny hardwoods Lepidoptera Pennsylvania herbivory herbivoría maderas duras de Allegheny maderas duras del norte moscas sierra mehr... northern hardwoods sawflies
LEADER 01000naa a22002652 4500
001 NLM227543815
003 DE-627
005 20231224073933.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 231224s2013 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1111/cobi.12077  |2 doi 
028 5 2 |a pubmed24n0758.xml 
035 |a (DE-627)NLM227543815 
035 |a (NLM)23678968 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
100 1 |a Wheatall, Laura  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Indirect effects of pandemic deer overabundance inferred from caterpillar-host relations 
264 1 |c 2013 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a ƒaComputermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a ƒa Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Date Completed 08.05.2014 
500 |a Date Revised 30.09.2013 
500 |a published: Print-Electronic 
500 |a Citation Status MEDLINE 
520 |a © 2013 Society for Conservation Biology. 
520 |a Externally feeding phytophagous insect larvae (i.e., caterpillars, here, larval Lepidoptera and sawflies, Hymenoptera: Symphyta) are important canopy herbivores and prey resources in temperate deciduous forests. However, composition of forest trees has changed dramatically in the eastern United States since 1900. In particular, browsing by high densities of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) has resulted in forests dominated by browse-tolerant species, such as black cherry (Prunus serotina), and greatly reduced relative abundance of other tree species, notably pin cherry (Prunus pensylvanica) and birches (Betula spp.). To quantify effects of these changes on caterpillars, we sampled caterpillars from 960 branch tips of the 8 tree species that comprise 95% of trees in Allegheny hardwood forests: red maple (Acer rubrum), striped maple (Acer pensylvanicum), sugar maple (Acer saccharum), sweet birch (Betula lenta), yellow birch (Betula allegheniensis), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), black cherry, and pin cherry. We collected 547 caterpillar specimens that belonged to 66 Lepidoptera and 10 Hymenoptera species. Caterpillar density, species richness, and community composition differed significantly among tree species sampled. Pin cherry, nearly eliminated at high deer density, had the highest density and diversity of caterpillars. Pin cherry shared a common caterpillar community with black cherry, which was distinct from those of other tree hosts. As high deer density continues to replace diverse forests of cherries, maples, birches, and beech with monodominant stands of black cherry, up to 66% of caterpillar species may be eliminated. Hence, deer-induced changes in forest vegetation are likely to ricochet back up forest food webs and therefore negatively affect species that depend on caterpillars and moths for food and pollination 
650 4 |a Journal Article 
650 4 |a Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't 
650 4 |a Allegheny hardwoods 
650 4 |a Lepidoptera 
650 4 |a Pennsylvania 
650 4 |a herbivory 
650 4 |a herbivoría 
650 4 |a maderas duras de Allegheny 
650 4 |a maderas duras del norte 
650 4 |a moscas sierra 
650 4 |a northern hardwoods 
650 4 |a sawflies 
700 1 |a Nuttle, Tim  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Yerger, Ellen  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology  |d 1999  |g 27(2013), 5 vom: 12. Okt., Seite 1107-16  |w (DE-627)NLM098176803  |x 1523-1739  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g volume:27  |g year:2013  |g number:5  |g day:12  |g month:10  |g pages:1107-16 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12077  |3 Volltext 
912 |a GBV_USEFLAG_A 
912 |a SYSFLAG_A 
912 |a GBV_NLM 
912 |a GBV_ILN_350 
951 |a AR 
952 |d 27  |j 2013  |e 5  |b 12  |c 10  |h 1107-16