‘Natural experiment’ Demonstrates Top-Down Control of Spiders by Birds on a Landscape Level

Haldre Rogers; Janneke Hille Ris Lambers; Ross Miller; Joshua J. Tewksbury

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043446

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‘Natural experiment’ Demonstrates Top-Down Control of Spiders by Birds on a Landscape Level

Haldre Rogers ,

* E-mail: haldre@rice.edu

Current address: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Janneke Hille Ris Lambers,

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Ross Miller,

Affiliation University of Guam, Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, Mangilao, Guam
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Joshua J. Tewksbury

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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‘Natural experiment’ Demonstrates Top-Down Control of Spiders by Birds on a Landscape Level

Haldre Rogers,
Janneke Hille Ris Lambers,
Ross Miller,
Joshua J. Tewksbury

Published: September 7, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0043446

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Posted by hrogers on 18 Sep 2012 at 20:47 GMT

All forest birds are functionally extinct on the island of Guam, whereas relatively healthy bird populations remain on three nearby islands of Saipan, Tinian and Rota.
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0043446#pone-0043446-g001

The symbols representing "birds" or "no birds" are reversed in this figure. The symbol for Guam should be a bird with a line through it, whereas the symbols for Rota, Tinian and Saipan should be a bird without a line through it.

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