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282 Lee A. Dyer study taxa, and scales of study (reviewed by Rohde 1992, Waideet al. 1999, Mittelbachet al. 2001). Top-down dive ...

Tropical Tritrophic Interactions 283 the existing evidence is weak and easy to criti- cize. The exceptions, where a large percen ...

284 Lee A. Dyer and Coley 2001, Shurinet al. 2002, Letourneau et al. 2004, Stiremanet al. 2004), and Halaj and Wise (2001) concl ...

Tropical Tritrophic Interactions 285 above (e.g., as outlined by Irschicket al. 2005) should obviously consider this alternative ...

286 Lee A. Dyer Modeling approach Many theoretical components of trophic cascades in diverse communities have not been exam- ine ...

Tropical Tritrophic Interactions 287 the leaf biomass monitored for an appropriate period of time (Holt 2000). If a species casc ...

288 Lee A. Dyer the generalist predatorIridomyrmex humilis.Oecologia 79, 427–430. Bernays, E. and Graham, M. (1988) On the evolu ...

Tropical Tritrophic Interactions 289 Dyer, L.A., Letourneau, D.K., Dodson, C.D., Tobler, M.A., Stireman, J.O., and Hsu, A. (2004 ...

290 Lee A. Dyer Hassell, M.P. and May, R.M. (1986) Generalist and specialist natural enemies in insect predator prey interaction ...

Tropical Tritrophic Interactions 291 Levin, S.A. (1992) The problem of pattern and scale in ecology.Ecology73, 1943–1967. Lill, ...

292 Lee A. Dyer Price, P.W. (1991) Patterns in communities along latitudinal gradients. In P.W. Price, T.M. Lewinsohn, G.W. Fern ...

Tropical Tritrophic Interactions 293 Strong,D.R.,Lawton,J.H.,andSouthwood,T.R.E.(1984) Insects on Plants: Community Patterns and ...

Chapter 17 VARIATION IN TREE SEEDLING AND ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGAL SPORE RESPONSES TO THE EXCLUSION OF TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRA ...

Response of Seedlings and AMF Spores to Vertebrates 295 INTRODUCTION How vertebrates affect the diversity of tropical rainforest ...

296 Tad C. Theimer and Catherine A. Gehring implications that difference may have for how we view the effects of vertebrates on ...

Response of Seedlings and AMF Spores to Vertebrates 297 and nearby open plots at 6-month intervals. In 2001, we assessed AMF spo ...

298 Tad C. Theimer and Catherine A. Gehring − 250 − 200 − 150 − 100 − 50 0 50 100 150 200 250 Species Number of Individuals Figu ...

Response of Seedlings and AMF Spores to Vertebrates 299 − 10 − 8 − 6 − 4 − 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Time Change in species number Lost via ...

300 Tad C. Theimer and Catherine A. Gehring open plots would be greater than that on exclo- sures, and the difference in rates w ...

Response of Seedlings and AMF Spores to Vertebrates 301 Table 17.2 Logistic regression analysis of seedling survival versus cons ...