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Snow melt manipulation experiment (Aphididae)

Subcategory: climate manipulation
Standard reference: Robinson et al. (2017)
Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Description

Experimental advancement of snow melt timing using shade cloth application to test effects on host plant phenology and aphid-plant interactions. Combined with temperature manipulation using open-top warming chambers.

Typical Equipment

  • PVC poles
  • EasyShade 50% Black Bulk Shade Cloth UV Resistant
  • open-top warming chambers

Output Measurements

  • snow melt date
  • host plant flowering phenology
  • aphid colony performance

Papers Using This Protocol (3)

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Host plant phenology shapes aphid abundance and interactions with ants

2023Oikosusing
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Early snowmelt reduces aphid abundance <i>Aphis asclepiadis</i> by creating water stressed host plants <i>Ligusticum porteri</i> and altering interactions with ants

2020Arthropod-Plant Interactionsintroducing
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Advanced phenology of intraguild predators shifts herbivore host plant preference and performance

2020Ecological Entomologyusing