The effects of leaf quality on herbivore performance and attack from natural enemies

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 418-428

  Lill, John T ^a   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Parasitoids; Psilocorsis quercicella; Quercus alba; Slow growth high mortality hypothesis; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; HERBIVORY; LEAF; PLANT DEFENSE; TREE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; OECOPHORIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PSILOCORSIS; PSILOCORSIS QUERCICELLA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 0035026673     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000557     Document Type: Article

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