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Deer herbivory reduces web-building spider abundance by simplifying forest vegetation structure

Indirect ecological effects are a common feature of ecological systems, arising when one species affects interactions among two or more other species. We examined how browsing by white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) indirectly affected the abundance and composition of a web-building spider gui...

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Autores principales: Roberson, Elizabeth J., Chips, Michael J., Carson, Walter P., Rooney, Thomas P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27703868
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2538