The influence of elevation on tri-trophic interactions: Opposing gradients of top-down and bottom-up effects on a leaf-mining moth

Ecoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-80

  Preszler, Ralph W ^a   Boecklen, William J ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation; Phyllonorycter; Quercus; Template trophic model; Tri trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

PHYLLONORYCTER SPP.; QUERCUS SPP.; LEPIDOPTERA; PHYLLONORYCTER; QUERCUS;

ELEVATION; TOP-DOWN EFFECT;

EID: 0029661264     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1996.11682318     Document Type: Article

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