Plant-feeding by arthropod predators contributes to the stability of predator-prey population dynamics

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 603-608

  Lalonde, R G ^a   McGregor, R R ^b   Gillespie, D R ^b   Roitberg, B D ^c  

^a OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0033383942     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546827     Document Type: Short Survey

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