Host plants mediate omnivore-herbivore interactions and influence prey suppression

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 936-947

  Eubanks, Micky D ^a   Denno, Robert F ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyrthosiphum pisum; Big eyed bugs; Corn earworm; Geocoris punctipes; Helicoverpa zea; Lima beans; Omnivore persistence; Omnivorous insect herbivorous prey interactions; Pea aphid; Phaseolus lunatus; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; HOST QUALITY; OMNIVORY; PREY AVAILABILITY; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ACYRTHOSIPHON PISUM; ACYRTHOSIPHUM; ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; GEOCORIDAE; GEOCORIS PUNCTIPES; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYGAEIDAE; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS LUNATUS; PISUM SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033922752     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0936:HPMOHI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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