Top-down effects of insect herbivores during early succession: Influence on biomass and plant dominance

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-272

  Carson, Walter P ^a,b   Root, Richard B ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Insects; Old fields; Philaenus spumarius; Solidago altissima

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DOMINANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SUCCESSION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

CERCOPIDAE; EUTHAMIA GRAMINIFOLIA; HOMOPTERA; PHILAENUS SPUMARIUS; SOLIDAGO ALTISSIMA;

EID: 0032743182     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050928     Document Type: Article

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