Higher predation risk for insect prey at low latitudes and elevations
Jazyk angličtina Země Spojené státy americké Médium print
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články, práce podpořená grantem
PubMed
28522532
DOI
10.1126/science.aaj1631
PII: 356/6339/742
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- MeSH
- biodiverzita * MeSH
- býložravci MeSH
- členovci fyziologie MeSH
- hmyz * MeSH
- larva * MeSH
- nadmořská výška * MeSH
- potravní řetězec * MeSH
- predátorské chování * MeSH
- ptáci fyziologie MeSH
- savci fyziologie MeSH
- zeměpis * MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Biotic interactions underlie ecosystem structure and function, but predicting interaction outcomes is difficult. We tested the hypothesis that biotic interaction strength increases toward the equator, using a global experiment with model caterpillars to measure predation risk. Across an 11,660-kilometer latitudinal gradient spanning six continents, we found increasing predation toward the equator, with a parallel pattern of increasing predation toward lower elevations. Patterns across both latitude and elevation were driven by arthropod predators, with no systematic trend in attack rates by birds or mammals. These matching gradients at global and regional scales suggest consistent drivers of biotic interaction strength, a finding that needs to be integrated into general theories of herbivory, community organization, and life-history evolution.
Arctic Research Centre Aarhus University Ny Munkegade 114 DK 8000 Aarhus C Denmark
Department of Biological Sciences University of Alberta Edmonton T6G 2E9 Alberta Canada
Department of Biology Swarthmore College 500 College Avenue Swarthmore PA 19081 USA
Department of Biology The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington TX 76019 USA
Department of Biology University of Bergen Post Office Box 7800 5020 Bergen Norway
Department of Bioscience Aarhus University Frederiksborgvej 399 DK 4000 Roskilde Denmark
Department of Plant Ecology University of Bayreuth 95440 Bayreuth Germany
Department of Zoology University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PS UK
Lancaster Environment Centre University of Lancaster Lancaster UK
Makerere University Biological Field Station Post Office Box 409 Fort Portal Uganda
Red de Ecoetología Instituto de Ecología CP 91070 Xalapa Veracruz Mexico
Section of Ecology FI 20014 University of Turku Finland
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Apartado 0843 03092 Panama City Republic of Panama
State Institution of Education Zditovo High School Zditovo Belarus
The New Guinea Binatang Research Center Post Office Box 604 Madang Papua New Guinea
Town End Lane Lepton Huddersfield HD8 ONA UK
University of Aberdeen Zoology Building Tillydrone Avenue Aberdeen AB24 2TZ UK
Zoological Museum Biodiversity Unit FI 20014 University of Turku Finland
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