Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Krishnadas M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6207651 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krishnadas Meghna M Bagchi Robert R Sridhara Sachin S Comita Liza S LS
Nature communications 20181030 1
In fragmented forests, tree diversity declines near edges but the ecological processes underlying this loss of diversity remain poorly understood. Theory predicts that top-down regulation of seedling recruitment by insect herbivores and fungal pathogens contributes to maintaining tree diversity in forests, but it is unknown whether proximity to forest edges compromises these diversity-enhancing biotic interactions. Here we experimentally demonstrate that weakened activity of fungal pathogens and ...[more]