Density-dependent shoot-borer herbivory increases the age of first reproduction and mortality of neotropical tree saplings

Oecologia

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-106

  Sullivan, Jon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Janzen Connell effect; Neotropical dry forest; Plant insect herbivore interaction; Tree fall gaps

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DRY FOREST; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SAPLING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TABEBUIA; TREE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COSTA RICA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TABEBUIA; TREES;

COSTA RICA;

ANIMALIA; BIGNONIACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PYRALIDAE; TABEBUIA;

EID: 0038270028     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1233-4     Document Type: Article

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