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Plant genetic identity of foundation tree species and their hybrids affects a litter-dwelling generalist predator.
Oecologia - 1 Nov 2014
Wojtowicz Todd, Compson Zacchaeus G, Lamit Louis J, Whitham Thomas G, Gehring Catherine A
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The effects of plant genetics on predators, especially those not living on the plant itself, are rarely studied and poorly understood. Therefore, we investigated the effect of plant hybridization and genotype on litter-dwelling spiders. Using an 18-year-old cottonwood common garden, we recorded agelenid sheet-web density associated with the litter layers of replicated genotypes of three tree cross types: Populus...
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