Experimental tests of the dependence of arthropod diversity on plant diversity

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 738-750

  Siemann, Evan ^a,c   Tilman, David ^a   Haarstad, John ^a   Ritchie, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod diversity; Grasslands; Herbivores; Parasites; Plant diversity; Predators

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0031734443     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286204     Document Type: Article

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