掠食者透過對植食者的捕食影響植物，亦即掠食者之跨營養階效應（indirect trophic effect），往往會因掠食者間的獵物區隔或同功群內捕食而產生不同的方向與強度。因此，在評估掠食者群聚之跨營養階效應時，需要考量掠食者的種間互動。本研究在亞熱帶闊葉林透過掠食者移除實驗來檢測掠食者對植食性節肢動物（啃食性、吸食性）豐度與群聚的影響，以及對紅楠（Machilus thunbergii）葉片（葉面積受損比例、葉變異發生機率）的影響。掠食者移除處理分為四組，包括控制組、脊椎動物掠食者移除組（以圍網移除鳥與蝙蝠）、節肢動物掠食者移除組（手動移除蜘蛛）、脊椎動物掠食者與節肢動物掠食者都移除組（鳥、蝙蝠、蜘蛛皆移除）。結果顯示，當鳥、蝙蝠與蜘蛛都被移除時，食葉性節肢動物的豐度上升且紅楠葉面積受損比例增加；同時，任一掠食者的存在即可抑制植食性節肢動物之數量，並減少紅楠的葉片受損，且掠食者並不影響植食性節肢動物的群聚組成，據此可推測脊椎動物掠食者與節肢動物掠食者在獵物物種上有高度重疊。此外，食葉動物數量與葉片受損量之間不具相關性，這可能是因為造成嚴重葉受損的是少數幾個物種（如楠六點天蛾Marumba cristata bukaiana）。鳥與蝙蝠移除組較控制組有更高的蜘蛛豐度，顯示脊椎動物掠食者會捕食節肢動物掠食者並導致其數量下降（同功群內捕食），但這個現象並未削弱掠食者群聚之跨營養階效應。本研究證實掠食者群聚對植物產生正向的跨營養階效應，且脊椎動物與節肢動物所提供的掠食功能具冗餘現象（functional redundancy），導致掠食功能不隨掠食者多樣性發生變化。

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