Abstract (from http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/13-1961.1): Trees provide ecosystem services that counter negative effects of urban habitats on human and environmental health. Unfortunately, herbivorous arthropod pests are often more abundant on urban than rural trees, reducing tree growth, survival, and ecosystem services. Previous research where vegetation complexity was reduced has attributed elevated urban pest abundance to decreased regulation by natural enemies. However, reducing vegetation complexity, particularly the density of overstory trees, also makes cities hotter than natural habitats. We ask how urban habitat characteristics influence an abiotic factor, temperature, and a biotic factor,...
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Types: Citation;
Tags: Acer rubrum,
Forests,
Landscapes,
Other Wildlife,
Plants, All tags...
Southeast CASC,
Wildlife and Plants,
climate change,
enemies hypothesis,
melanaspis tenebricosa,
pest abundance,
temperature,
urban ecology,
urban forest,
urban heat island, Fewer tags
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