Effects of below- and above-ground herbivores on plant growth, flower visitation and seed set

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 601-605

  Poveda, Katja ^a   Steffan Dewenter, Ingolf ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Tscharntke, Teja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cabbageworms; Compensatory plant growth; Herbivory; Sinapis arvensis; Wireworms

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; FLOWER VISITING; GROWTH; LEAF; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; ROOT; SEED SET;

AGRIOTES; ANIMALIA; BRASSICA; COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0038243043     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1228-1     Document Type: Article

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