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Herbivory Suppression

Herbivory Suppression is a theoretical construct within the study of top-down control that identifies the reduction in herbivore activity or abundance mediated by higher trophic-level predators, thereby indirectly protecting plant communities from excessive consumption.

153

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10.5K

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479

Authors

244

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2017–2026

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Publications

153

Ecological Meltdown in Predator-Free Forest Fragments

John Terborgh, Lawrence Lopez, Percy Núñez et al. · Science · 2001 · 1.7K citations

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Variable Plants and Herbivores in Natural and Managed Systems.

D. F. Owen, Robert F. Denno, M. S. McClure · Journal of Applied Ecology · 1985 · 677 citations

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Effects of Natural Enemy Biodiversity on the Suppression of Arthropod Herbivores in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Deborah K. Letourneau, Julie A. Jedlicka, Sara G. Bothwell et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2009 · 570 citations

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Overcompensation by plants: Herbivore optimization or red herring?

A. Joy Belsky, Walter P. Carson, Gordon A. Fox · Evolutionary Ecology · 1993 · 367 citations

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Top predator control of plant biodiversity and productivity in an old‐field ecosystem

Oswald J. Schmitz · Ecology Letters · 2003 · 262 citations

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Authors

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  1. JA
    Jay A. Rosenheim

    University of California, Davis, United States

    5 publications · 219 citations

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  2. RF
    Robert F. Denno

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    4 publications · 790 citations

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  3. HF
    Henry F. Howe

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 110 citations

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  4. CK
    Carmen K. Blubaugh

    University of Georgia, United States

    3 publications · 80 citations

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  5. WP
    Walter P. Carson

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    3 publications · 452 citations

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Institutions

244

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    1K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    347 citations

  4. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    446 citations

  5. Technische Universität Darmstadt

    Darmstadt, Germany

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  6. Université Côte d'Azur

    Nice, France

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    268 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    2.4K citations

  8. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    214 citations

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Venues

  1. Ecology

    12 publications · 955 citations

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  2. Oecologia

    8 publications · 433 citations

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  3. Biological Control

    6 publications · 191 citations

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  4. Oikos

    6 publications · 273 citations

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  5. Environmental Entomology

    5 publications · 274 citations

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