Biological-control herbivores may increase competitive ability of the noxious weed Centaurea maculosa

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1196-1201

  Callaway, Ragan M ^a   Deluca, Thomas H ^a   Belliveau, Wendy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agapeta zoegana Lin; Biocontrols; Centaurea maculosa Lam.; Competition; Consumers; Exotics; Festuca idahoensis Elmer; Herbivory; Indirect and higher order interactions; Invasive plants; Knapweed; Trichoplusia ni Hubner

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMASS; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; HERBIVORY; NORTH AMERICA; PHENOL;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MOTH; WEED CONTROL;

NORTH AMERICA;

AGAPETA; AGAPETA ZOEGANA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; COCHYLIDAE; FESTUCA; FESTUCA IDAHOENSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; SPERMATOPHYTA; TRICHOPLUSIA; TRICHOPLUSIA NI;

EID: 0033045071     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/177067     Document Type: Article

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