Consequences of removing a keystone herbivore for the abundance and diversity of arthropods associated with a cruciferous shrub

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-308

  González Megías, Adelagon ^a,b   Gómez, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Community structure and diversity; Exploitative competition; Insect communities; Timarcha lugens

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HERBIVORE; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTHROPODA; BRASSICACEAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SPHYRAPICUS; TIMARCHA; TIMARCHA LUGENS;

EID: 0038348290     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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