Ecosystem engineering by caterpillars increases insect herbivore diversity on white oak

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 682-690

  Lill, John T ^a,b   Marquis, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem engineering; Leaf shelter; Lepidoptera; Missouri; Oak herbivore community; Ozark plateau; Quercus alba; Species richness; White oak

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; GUILD STRUCTURE; HERBIVORE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; GELECHIIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PSEUDOTELPHUSA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; SYMPHYTA;

EID: 0042314008     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0682:EEBCII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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