期刊论文

Zhang, HM;Zhang, ZB

英文

中国科学:生命科学(英文版)

1674-7305

2024

1-11

10.1007/s11427-023-2517-1

National Natural Science Foundation of China [32170508, 31772471]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [CCNU22LJ003]

本校为第一且通讯机构

The significance of ecological non-monotonicity (a function whose first derivative changes signs) in shaping the structure and functions of the ecosystem has recently been recognized, but such studies involving high-order interactions are rare. Here, we have proposed a three-trophic conceptual diagram on interactions among trees, rodents, and insects in mast and non-mast years and tested the hypothesis that oak (Quercus wutaishanica) masting could result in increased mutualism and less predation in an oak-weevil-rodent system in a warm temperate forest of China. Our 14-year dataset revealed th...