Insects on common reed (Phragmites australis): Community structure and the impact of herbivory on shoot growth

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 399-410

  Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archanara geminipuncta; Biological weed control; Compensatory growth; Gall maker; Herbivory; Insects; Monophagy; Phragmites australis; Plant damage

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PEST DAMAGE; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH;

ARCHANARA GEMINIPUNCTA; GIRAUDIELLA INCLUSA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0032845916     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(99)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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