Community-wide trophic cascades and other indirect interactions in an agricultural community

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 423-432

  Dyer, Lee A ^a   Stireman III, John O ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Arthropod diversity; Herbivores; Natural enemies; Tritrophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0141958886     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00191     Document Type: Article

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