Differences between understorey and canopy in herbivore community composition and leaf quality for two oak species in Missouri

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-58

  Le Corff, Josiane ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Institut National d'Horticulture   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy; Herbivore community; Leaf quality; Leaf chewing insects; Missouri; Quercus; Understorey

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD QUALITY; HERBIVORE; INSECT; LEAF; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 0032916061     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1999.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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