Peter Stiling
University of South Florida
5 Papers
102 Citations
Peter Stiling is an academic researcher from University of South Florida. The author has contributed to research in topics: Gall & Quercus geminata. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 5 publications.
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Elevated CO2 lowers relative and absolute herbivore density across all species of a scrub-oak forest
Peter Stiling,Daniel C. Moon,Mark D. Hunter,Jamie Colson,Anthony M. Rossi,Graham J. Hymus,Bert G. Drake +6 more
TL;DR: A field-based CO2 enrichment experiment at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to examine plant-herbivore (insect) interactions inside eight open-topped chambers with elevated CO2 found decreased herbivore densities per 100 leaves across all five plant species, suggesting a direct effect of CO2 on leaf abscission that outweighs the indirect effects of reduced insect densities on leaf Abscission.
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Associational resistance mediated by natural enemies
TL;DR: Associational resistance theory suggests that the association of herbivore‐susceptible plant species with herbivor‐resistant plant species can reduce Herbivore density on the susceptible plant species.
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Seeing the forest for the trees: long‐term exposure to elevated CO2 increases some herbivore densities
TL;DR: Elevated CO2 decreases herbivory on all oak species in the Florida scrub-oak system and corroborate other studies which suggest that the effects of elevated CO2 on herbivores are species specific, meaning they depend on the particular plant species involved.
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The difficulties of single factor thinking in restoration: replanting a rare cactus in the Florida Keys
TL;DR: The Florida Semaphore cactus, Opuntia corallicola, is a rare species with a distribution currently limited to one island in the Florida Keys as mentioned in this paper, which is threatened by the arrival of an exotic cactus feeding moth, Cactoblastis cactorum.
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Non-random distribution among a guild of parasitoids: implications for community structure and host survival
Anthony M. Rossi,Melissa E. Murray,Kelly Hughes,Martin Kotowski,Daniel C. Moon,Peter Stiling +5 more
TL;DR: Immature stages of thegall midge, Asphondylia borrichiae, are attacked by four species of parasitoids, which vary in size and relative abundance within patches of the gall midge’s primary host plant, sea oxeye daisy.
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