Within and Among Patch Variability in Patterns of Insect Herbivory Across a Fragmented Forest Landscape.

ABSTRACT: Fragmentation changes the spatial patterns of landscapes in ways that can alter the flow of materials and species; however, our understanding of the consequences of this fragmentation and flow alteration for ecosystem processes and ecosystem services remains limited. As an ecological process that affects many ecosystem services and is sensitive to fragmentation, insect herbivory is a good model system for exploring the role of fragmentation, and the resulting spatial patterns of landscapes, in the provision of ecosystem services. To refine our knowledge of how changes in landscape pattern affect insect herbivory, we quantified the combined influence of among patch (patch area and patch connectivity) and within patch (location within patch; canopy, edge, interior) factors on amounts of inse

SUBMITTER: Maguire DY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4777537 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature