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Bromeliad-associated reductions in host herbivory; do epiphytic bromeliads act as commensalists or mutualists?
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Bromeliad-associated reductions in host herbivory; do epiphytic bromeliads act as commensalists or mutualists? |
| Creator | Hammill, Edd Corvalan, Paloma Srivastava, Diane S. |
| Description | Many members of the family Bromeliacae are able to adopt epiphytic lifestyles and colonize trees throughout the Neotropics. Bromeliacaedo not extract nutrients from their hosts and confer relatively minor costs on their host plants. We suggest that bromeliads, however,may beneļ¬t their hosts by providing habitat for predators of host plant herbivores. We report a correlation between bromeliad presenceand a reduction in herbivore damage in orange trees, an effect that is increased when... |
| Date | 2014-01-06T08:00:00Z |
| Type | text |
| Identifier | https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/wats_facpub/979 info:doi/10.1111/btp.12073 |
| Source | Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications |
| Publisher | Hosted by Utah State University Libraries |
| Contributor | Wiley |
| Subject | agro-ecology ants bromeliad community ecology herbivory indirect effects mutualism predator facilitation Environmental Sciences |
