How do nutrients and warming impact on plant communities and their insect herbivores? A 9-year study from a sub-Arctic heath

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 544-556

  Richardson, Sarah J ^a,d   Press, Malcolm C ^a   Parsons, Andrew N ^b   Hartley, Susan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Global change; Hemiptera; Insect herbivory; Subordinate species; Vaccinium spp.

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; DELPHACIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INSECTA; POACEAE; VACCINIUM;

EID: 0036270568     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2002.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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