Rainfall effects on plant-herbivore processes in an upland oak forest

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 604-617

  Shure, Donald J ^a   Mooreside, Peter D ^a   Ogle, Stephen M ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeding guilds; Foliar chemistry; Forests; Herbivory; Insects; Maples; Nitrogen; Oaks; Phenolics; Plant defenses; Rainfall; Tannins

Indexed keywords

FOREST; NITROGEN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFALL;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES; WALKER BRANCH WATERSHED;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS; SAPINDACEAE;

EID: 0031823047     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/176957     Document Type: Article

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