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SUBMITTER: Keith AR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5443937 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Keith Arthur R AR Bailey Joseph K JK Lau Matthew K MK Whitham Thomas G TG
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20170501 1854
We examined the hypothesis that genetics-based interactions between strongly interacting foundation species, the tree <i>Populus angustifolia</i> and the aphid <i>Pemphigus betae</i>, affect arthropod community diversity, stability and species interaction networks of which little is known. In a 2-year experimental manipulation of the tree and its aphid herbivore four major findings emerged: (i) the interactions of these two species determined the composition of an arthropod community of 139 spec ...[more]