Associational resistance: Insect damage to purple loosestrife reduced in thickets of sweet gale

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1784-1794

  Hambäck, Peter A ^a,b   Ågren, Jon ^a,c   Ericson, Lars ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Associational defense; Coccinella; Galerucella calmariensis; Herbivory; Lythrum salicaria; Myrica gale; Nanophyes marmoratus; Plant reproduction; Predation; Trophic cascade; Trophic interaction

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

COCCINELLA QUINQEMPUNCTATA; COCCINELLA SEPTEMPUNCTATA; GALERUCELLA CALMARIENSIS; LYTHRUM SALICARIA; MYRICA GALE;

EID: 0342298444     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1784:ARIDTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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