Nitrogen limitation and trophic vs. abiotic influences on insect herbivores in a temperate grassland

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1601-1612

  Ritchie, Mark E ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic factors; Community regulation; Food limitation; Grasshoppers; Grasslands; Insects; Nitrogen; Predation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; INSECT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0033936660     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1601:NLATVA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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