Direct and indirect effects of plant clone and local environment on herbivore abundance

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 281-285

  Stiling, Peter ^a   Bowdish, Todd I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anagrus sophiae; Direct effects; Egg parasitoid; Florida; Indirect effects; Insect herbivore; Plant clone; Prokelisia marginata; Reciprocal transplant experiments; Spartina alterniflora

Indexed keywords

ANAGRUS; CLONE; ENVIRONMENT; HERBIVORY; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITOID; POPULATION DENSITY; PROKELISIA; SPARTINA;

CLONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HERBIVORY; NATURAL ENEMY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANAGRUS SOPHIAE; DELPHACIDAE; HOMOPTERA; PROKELISIA MARGINATA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 0033960759     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0281:DAIEOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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