Intense disturbance enhances plant susceptibility to herbivory: Natural and experimental evidence

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 890-897

  Spiller, David A ^a   Agrawal, Anurag A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic disturbance; Bahamas; Conocarpus erectus; Foliage sprouting; Food webs; Herbivory; Hurricanes; Leaf damage; Moths; Pruning experiment; Trichomes

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HERBIVORY; HURRICANE; RESPROUTING;

BAHAMAS; GRET EXUMA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0041814405     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0890:IDEPST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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