Exploitative competition strongly affects the herbivorous insect community on Baccharis halimifolia

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 521-528

  Hudson, Eric E ^a   Stiling, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAUROMYZA MACULOSA; BACCHARIS HALIMIFOLIA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; LIRIOMYZA TRIFOLII; NEOLASIOPTERA LATHAMI; TRIRHABDA BACHARIDIS; AGROMYZIDAE; ASTERACEAE; DIPTERA;

DEFOLIATION; DENSITY; EXPLOITATIVE COMPETITION; FEEDING PREFERENCE; FOLIVORY; INSECT HERBIVORE;

EID: 0030617599     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546896     Document Type: Article

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