Impact of avian and arthropod predation on lepidopteran caterpillar densities and plant productivity in an ephemeral agroecosystem

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 522-532

  Hooks, Cerruti R R ^a   Pandey, Raju R ^a   Johnson, Marshall W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Arthropods; Birds; Brassica; Folivory; Lepidoptera; Predators; Spiders

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ARTHROPOD; AVIFAUNA; HERBIVORE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; ARTOGEIA RAPAE; AVES; BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CARABIDAE; CHRYSOPIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PIERIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141924368     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2003.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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