Seedling resistance to herbivory as a predictor of relative abundance in a synthesised prairie community

Oikos

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 345-353

  Burt Smith, G S ^a   Grime, J P ^b   Tilman, D ^c  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CRICKET; PALATABILITY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PRAIRIE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ACHETA; ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; POACEAE;

EID: 0037499801     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11052.x     Document Type: Article

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