Direct and indirect competitive effects of foliage feeding guilds on the performance of the birch leaf-miner Eriocrania

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 165-176

  Fisher, A E I ^a   Hartley, S E ^b   Young, M ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding guilds; Interaction modification; Leaf chewers; Phloem feeders; Resource modification

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GUILD; HERBIVORE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEAFMINER;

BETULA PENDULA; ERIOCRANIA; ERIOCRANIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0033956572     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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