Disturbance induced dynamics of a tritrophic novel ecosystem

What is it about?

Disturbance effect on the invasive black locust seed predator community

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Why is it important?

We found that in the studied new ecosystem the top-down control was strengthened by the disturbance. Since the host plant of the tritrophic system is an invasive species, partial habitat disturbance of such species may increase the severity of parasitoid top-down control, which may reduce seed predation by the herbivores.